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John Wetteland

John Karl Wetteland

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 21, 1966 in San Mateo, CA
High School: Cardinal Newman HS (Santa Rosa, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 25, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1989
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Expos/Yankees/Dodgers 1989-2000
Agents: Adam Katz,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: September 20, 2000
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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
1989 22 LAD NL 5 8 .385 3.77 31 12 7 0 0 1 102.2 81 46 43 8 34 4 96 0 1 16 411 91 1.120 7.1 0.7 3.0 8.4 2.82
1990 23 LAD NL 2 4 .333 4.81 22 5 7 0 0 0 43.0 44 28 23 6 17 3 36 4 0 8 190 77 1.419 9.2 1.3 3.6 7.5 2.12
1991 24 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 6 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 5 2 0 0 3 0 9 1 0 1 36 0.889 5.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1992 25 MON NL 4 4 .500 2.92 67 0 58 0 0 37 83.1 64 27 27 6 36 3 99 4 0 4 347 120 1.200 6.9 0.6 3.9 10.7 2.75 MVP-22
1993 26 MON NL 9 3 .750 1.37 70 0 58 0 0 43 85.1 58 17 13 3 28 3 113 2 0 7 344 305 1.008 6.1 0.3 3.0 11.9 4.04 MVP-24
1994 27 MON NL 4 6 .400 2.83 52 0 43 0 0 25 63.2 46 22 20 5 21 4 68 3 0 0 261 150 1.052 6.5 0.7 3.0 9.6 3.24
1995 28 NYY AL 1 5 .167 2.93 60 0 56 0 0 31 61.1 40 22 20 6 14 2 66 0 0 1 233 158 0.880 5.9 0.9 2.1 9.7 4.71
1996 29 NYY AL 2 3 .400 2.83 62 0 58 0 0 43 63.2 54 23 20 9 21 4 69 0 0 1 265 178 1.178 7.6 1.3 3.0 9.8 3.29 AS,MVP-19
1997 30 TEX AL 7 2 .778 1.94 61 0 58 0 0 31 65.0 43 18 14 5 21 3 63 0 0 1 259 249 0.985 6.0 0.7 2.9 8.7 3.00
1998 31 TEX AL 3 1 .750 2.03 63 0 59 0 0 42 62.0 47 17 14 6 14 1 72 0 0 1 249 237 0.984 6.8 0.9 2.0 10.5 5.14 AS,MVP-16
1999 32 TEX AL 4 4 .500 3.68 62 0 59 0 0 43 66.0 67 30 27 9 19 1 60 0 0 0 281 138 1.303 9.1 1.2 2.6 8.2 3.16 AS,CYA-6
2000 33 TEX AL 6 5 .545 4.20 62 0 57 0 0 34 60.0 67 35 28 10 24 2 53 2 0 0 269 120 1.517 10.1 1.5 3.6 8.0 2.21
12 Yrs 48 45 .516 2.93 618 17 523 0 0 330 765.0 616 287 249 73 252 30 804 16 1 40 3145 148 1.135 7.2 0.9 3.0 9.5 3.19
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .516 2.93 66 2 56 0 0 35 82 66 31 27 8 27 3 86 2 0 4 337 148 1.135 7.2 0.9 3.0 9.5 3.19
TEX (4 yrs) 20 12 .625 2.95 248 0 233 0 0 150 253.0 224 100 83 30 78 7 248 2 0 2 1058 167 1.194 8.0 1.1 2.8 8.8 3.18
LAD (3 yrs) 8 12 .400 3.84 59 17 17 0 0 1 154.2 130 76 66 14 54 7 141 5 1 25 637 92 1.190 7.6 0.8 3.1 8.2 2.61
MON (3 yrs) 17 13 .567 2.32 189 0 159 0 0 105 232.1 168 66 60 14 85 10 280 9 0 11 952 170 1.089 6.5 0.5 3.3 10.8 3.29
NYY (2 yrs) 3 8 .273 2.88 122 0 114 0 0 74 125.0 94 45 40 15 35 6 135 0 0 2 498 168 1.032 6.8 1.1 2.5 9.7 3.86
AL (6 yrs) 23 20 .535 2.93 370 0 347 0 0 224 378.0 318 145 123 45 113 13 383 2 0 4 1556 168 1.140 7.6 1.1 2.7 9.1 3.39
NL (6 yrs) 25 25 .500 2.93 248 17 176 0 0 106 387.0 298 142 126 28 139 17 421 14 1 36 1589 129 1.129 6.9 0.7 3.2 9.8 3.03

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
1989 22 LAD NL 102.2 31 12 46 4.03 4.02 0.05 -0.03 97.4 3.83 -2 -0.3 1.1 -0.2 0.4 7 .491 .498 $68,000
1990 23 LAD NL 43.0 22 5 28 5.86 4.23 -0.11 -0.12 96.3 4.07 -9 -1.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .456 .494 $142,500
1991 24 LAD NL 9.0 6 0 2 2.00 4.23 -0.13 -0.32 105.3 4.25 2 0.3 .4 -0.1 0.2 3 .542 .502 $
1992 25 MON NL 83.1 67 0 27 2.92 3.89 -0.01 -0.30 99.2 3.57 6 0.6 1.7 0.1 1.4 13 .510 .504 $156,000 MVP-22
1993 26 MON NL 85.1 70 0 17 1.79 4.54 -0.10 -0.35 101.4 4.35 23 2.4 1.9 1.0 4.1 32 .535 .515 $315,000 MVP-24
1994 27 MON NL 63.2 52 0 22 3.11 4.63 0.17 -0.35 100.2 4.11 7 0.7 1.9 0.2 1.4 11 .513 .504 $2,225,000
1995 28 NYY AL 61.1 60 0 22 3.23 5.11 0.05 -0.38 97.9 4.58 9 0.9 1.6 0.1 1.6 16 .515 .506 $3,375,000
1996 29 NYY AL 63.2 62 0 23 3.25 5.44 -0.25 -0.41 99.8 5.28 13 1.2 2.0 0.5 2.3 23 .520 .508 $4,000,000 AS,MVP-19
1997 30 TEX AL 65.0 61 0 18 2.49 5.04 0.10 -0.38 107.8 4.91 17 1.7 1.7 0.5 2.8 26 .528 .510 $4,575,000
1998 31 TEX AL 62.0 63 0 17 2.47 5.01 0.09 -0.38 105.3 4.78 16 1.6 1.8 0.5 2.6 24 .525 .510 $5,800,000 AS,MVP-16
1999 32 TEX AL 66.0 62 0 30 4.09 5.28 -0.03 -0.39 103.0 5.07 7 0.7 2.0 0.2 1.5 16 .511 .504 $6,350,000 AS,CYA-6
2000 33 TEX AL 60.0 62 0 35 5.25 5.44 -0.36 -0.40 102.9 5.56 2 0.1 2.1 -0.1 0.7 10 .502 .501 $6,500,000
12 Seasons 765.0 618 17 287 3.38 4.72 -0.03 -0.31 101.0 4.49 90 9.0 1.8 2.7 18.3 177 .515 .505 $33,506,500
TEX (4 yrs) 253.0 248 0 100 3.56 5.19 -0.04 -0.39 104.8 5.07 42 4.1 1.9 1.1 7.6 76 .516 .506 $23,225,000
LAD (3 yrs) 154.2 59 17 76 4.42 4.09 -0.01 -0.07 97.6 3.92 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.3 -0.1 5 .483 .498 $210,500
MON (3 yrs) 232.1 189 0 66 2.56 4.33 0.01 -0.33 100.3 4.01 35 3.8 1.9 1.3 6.9 57 .520 .508 $2,696,000
NYY (2 yrs) 125.0 122 0 45 3.24 5.28 -0.10 -0.39 98.9 4.93 23 2.1 1.8 0.6 3.9 39 .517 .507 $7,375,000

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
1995 28 NYY AL ALDS L SEA 0 1 .000 14.54 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 8 7 7 2 2 0 5 1 0 0 24 2.308 16.6 4.2 4.2 10.4 2.50
1996 29 NYY AL ALDS W TEX 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 2 4.0 2 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 18 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1996 29 NYY AL ALCS W BAL 0 0 4.50 4 0 3 0 0 1 4.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 15 0.750 4.5 2.3 2.3 11.3 5.00
1996 29 NYY AL WS W ATL 0 0 2.08 5 0 5 0 0 4 4.1 4 1 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 19 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 12.5 6.00
1998 31 TEX AL ALDS L NYY 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
1999 32 TEX AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
4 Yrs (6 Series) 0 1 .000 4.82 17 0 13 0 0 7 18.2 16 10 10 3 9 2 22 1 0 0 83 1.339 7.7 1.4 4.3 10.6 2.44
4 ALDS 0 1 .000 6.10 8 0 5 0 0 2 10.1 10 7 7 2 7 1 11 1 0 0 49 1.645 8.7 1.7 6.1 9.6 1.57
1 ALCS 0 0 4.50 4 0 3 0 0 1 4.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 15 0.750 4.5 2.3 2.3 11.3 5.00
1 WS 0 0 2.08 5 0 5 0 0 4 4.1 4 1 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 19 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 12.5 6.00

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
1996 NYY AL 29
1998 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1999 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
1989 22 LAD NL 31 411 371 46 81 15 1 8 9 4 34 96 .218 .283 .329 .611 .271 122 9 0 4 2 4 2
1990 23 LAD NL 22 190 167 28 44 6 0 6 7 2 17 36 .263 .344 .407 .751 .302 68 1 4 1 1 3 2
1991 24 LAD NL 6 36 31 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 .161 .250 .194 .444 .217 6 1 1 0 1 0 1
1992 25 MON NL 67 347 301 27 64 8 1 6 14 3 36 99 .213 .304 .306 .610 .294 92 4 4 5 1 3 0
1993 26 MON NL 70 344 308 17 58 10 4 3 13 2 28 113 .188 .260 .276 .536 .285 85 0 2 5 1 3 3
1994 27 MON NL 52 261 228 22 46 5 3 5 6 0 21 68 .202 .273 .316 .589 .258 72 4 3 5 4 4 2
1995 28 NYY AL 60 233 216 22 40 10 1 6 7 1 14 66 .185 .233 .324 .557 .233 70 5 0 1 2 2 1
1996 29 NYY AL 62 265 241 23 54 11 1 9 8 2 21 69 .224 .284 .390 .674 .273 94 3 0 1 2 4 4
1997 30 TEX AL 61 259 236 18 43 11 0 5 1 1 21 63 .182 .248 .292 .540 .225 69 1 0 1 1 3 2
1998 31 TEX AL 63 249 231 17 47 3 3 6 1 0 14 72 .203 .247 .320 .567 .265 74 2 0 2 2 1 2
1999 32 TEX AL 62 281 256 30 67 14 2 9 2 1 19 60 .262 .307 .438 .745 .302 112 3 0 1 5 1 2
2000 33 TEX AL 62 269 235 35 67 10 4 10 8 2 24 53 .285 .351 .489 .840 .324 115 5 2 4 4 2 4
12 Yrs 618 3145 2821 287 616 104 20 73 76 18 252 804 .218 .284 .347 .631 .276 979 38 16 30 26 30 25
162 Game Avg. 66 337 302 31 66 11 2 8 8 2 27 86 .218 .284 .347 .631 .276 105 4 2 3 3 3 3
MLB Averages .264 .334 .409 .743 .295

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1989 22 LAD NL -2.7 -0.3 437 0.3 7.7 -7.4 1.08 1.1 -0.8 1.6 0.2 1.08 9.1 7 2 10
1990 23 LAD NL -6.5 -0.7 205 -1.4 2.6 -4.0 .94 -0.9 -0.7 -13.2 -1.3 0.94 -8.6 5 2 9
1991 24 LAD NL 2.9 0.3 39 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .20 0.1 -0.3 0.6 0.1 0.20 1.2 1 0 4
1992 25 MON NL 6.7 0.7 367 1.6 11.3 -9.8 1.94 1.1 -0.3 10.4 1.1 1.94 9.2 31 17 17
1993 26 MON NL 25.0 2.5 370 5.8 14.8 -9.0 2.21 2.0 0.6 27.1 2.7 2.21 22.6 47 12 11
1994 27 MON NL 10.2 1.0 269 0.8 9.2 -8.4 2.07 0.7 -0.3 8.1 0.8 2.07 7.7 33 6 11
1995 28 NYY AL 11.8 1.1 243 0.4 7.8 -7.4 1.70 1.4 -1.2 12.1 1.2 1.70 20.7 30 11 15
1996 29 NYY AL 14.9 1.4 278 4.2 12.3 -8.0 2.37 1.3 0.5 13.4 1.2 2.37 14.1 38 16 8
1997 30 TEX AL 18.6 1.8 265 2.0 8.4 -6.4 1.72 1.7 -0.6 15.8 1.5 1.72 20.3 33 17 10
1998 31 TEX AL 17.8 1.7 251 2.4 9.0 -6.6 1.87 1.4 -0.2 15.7 1.5 1.87 19.3 34 16 13
1999 32 TEX AL 9.9 0.9 286 2.9 11.0 -8.0 1.95 1.1 0.4 10.0 0.9 1.95 7.7 38 14 9
2000 33 TEX AL 3.4 0.3 281 -0.1 11.3 -11.4 2.37 -0.1 0.1 -2.1 -0.2 2.37 -4.4 42 9 11
12 Yrs 112.2 10.9 3291 18.9 105.5 -86.6 1.82 11.0 -0.5 99.4 9.6 1.82 118.7 339 122 128

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
1989 22 LAD NL 31 12 2 6 4 0 2 4 8 .333 1 2 0 0 5 42% 49.9 67 23 5 4 2 6 3.7 3.4 5.3 83 5 3 3 0 110
1990 23 LAD NL 22 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 4 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0% 40.8 63 29 9 1 0 2 5.0 8.1 3.7 78 2 2 0 0 88
2 Yrs 53 17 2 9 6 0 2 5 12 .294 2 2 0 0 5 29% 47 67 23 14 5 2 8 4.1 4.5 4.8 82 7 5 3 0 110
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.7 4.7 6.0 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
1989 22 LAD NL 31 19 7 3 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 4 0 0% 7 1.080 7 2 10 3 7 9 2 17 11 2 11 3 6.2 27
1990 23 LAD NL 22 17 7 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 14 8 57% 7 .935 5 2 9 3 3 11 6 11 8 4 8 3 4.3 25
1991 24 LAD NL 6 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 8 .197 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 4 3 1 3 2 4.5 25
1992 25 MON NL 67 67 58 4 4 46 37 9 80% 46 0 37 8 22% 9 1.943 31 17 17 51 6 10 28 39 27 8 27 19 3.7 21
1993 26 MON NL 70 70 58 9 3 49 43 6 88% 49 0 33 6 18% 9 2.206 47 12 11 52 13 5 28 42 29 13 29 20 3.7 20
1994 27 MON NL 52 52 43 4 6 35 25 10 71% 35 0 29 9 31% 9 2.070 33 6 11 41 6 5 19 33 23 8 23 16 3.7 21
1995 28 NYY AL 60 60 56 1 5 37 31 6 84% 37 0 24 7 29% 9 1.704 30 11 15 46 5 9 14 46 9 13 9 14 3.1 16
1996 29 NYY AL 62 62 58 2 3 47 43 4 91% 47 0 14 6 43% 9 2.368 38 16 8 54 4 4 8 54 6 4 7 20 3.1 18
1997 30 TEX AL 61 61 58 7 2 37 31 6 84% 37 0 19 5 26% 9 1.717 33 17 10 45 8 8 12 49 8 6 9 18 3.2 17
1998 31 TEX AL 63 63 59 3 1 47 42 5 89% 47 0 15 7 47% 9 1.870 34 16 13 58 4 1 8 55 4 5 4 19 3.0 16
1999 32 TEX AL 62 62 59 4 4 50 43 7 86% 50 0 12 4 33% 9 1.954 38 14 9 56 3 3 7 55 9 3 9 19 3.2 17
2000 33 TEX AL 62 62 57 6 5 43 34 9 79% 43 0 14 6 43% 9 2.365 42 9 11 52 7 3 8 54 3 8 4 20 2.9 17
12 Yrs 618 601 523 46 36 393 330 63 84% 394 1 220 69 31% 1.819 339 122 128 462 66 73 142 459 140 75 143 173 3.4 19

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%
1989 22 LAD NL 411 49% 2.0% 23.4% 8.3% 5.8% 30% 0.50 0.67 65% 25% 5.8% 24% 73 9 12%
1990 23 LAD NL 190 46% 3.2% 19.0% 9.0% 6.3% 27% 0.76 0.91 66% 17% 12.2% 32% 31 1 3%
1991 24 LAD NL 36 47% 0.0% 25.0% 8.3% 2.8% 20% 0.53 0.50 64% 17% 0.0% 33% 6 1 17%
1992 25 MON NL 347 42% 1.7% 28.5% 10.4% 4.3% 23% 0.66 0.76 57% 18% 6.0% 18% 75 4 5%
1993 26 MON NL 344 42% 0.9% 32.9% 8.1% 4.9% 29% 0.46 0.47 56% 23% 2.9% 23% 59 0 0%
1994 27 MON NL 261 42% 1.9% 26.1% 8.1% 5.0% 28% 0.62 0.60 61% 15% 6.0% 18% 34 4 12%
1995 28 NYY AL 233 47% 2.6% 28.3% 6.0% 7.3% 43% 0.47 0.58 63% 22% 6.9% 16% 30 5 17%
1996 29 NYY AL 265 40% 3.4% 26.0% 7.9% 7.9% 39% 0.50 0.61 62% 24% 11.4% 30% 48 3 6%
1997 30 TEX AL 259 45% 1.9% 24.3% 8.1% 6.2% 37% 0.62 0.77 65% 20% 6.0% 21% 39 1 3%
1998 31 TEX AL 249 43% 2.4% 28.9% 5.6% 4.8% 26% 0.59 0.64 62% 21% 7.7% 23% 49 2 4%
1999 32 TEX AL 281 46% 3.2% 21.4% 6.8% 8.9% 37% 0.46 0.49 68% 16% 8.0% 18% 48 3 6%
2000 33 TEX AL 269 48% 3.7% 19.7% 8.9% 8.9% 36% 0.58 0.81 65% 26% 9.9% 10% 55 5 9%
12 Yrs 3145 45% 2.3% 25.6% 8.0% 6.3% 32% 0.55 0.65 63% 21% 7.1% 21% 547 38 7%
MLB Averages 43% 2.5% 15.9% 8.9% 7.4% 32% 0.80 1.08 71% 21% 7.4% 16% 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
1989 22 LAD NL 358 1396 3.90 889 64% 20% 23% 29% 27% 79% 3% 51% 70% 61% 5% 19 8 29% 103 54 3 16% 21 7 53 0 7
1990 23 LAD NL 141 582 4.13 344 59% 18% 21% 33% 28% 82% 4% 48% 74% 56% 8% 11 2 23% 32 12 2 15% 3 6 49 0 0
1991 24 LAD NL 36 147 4.08 93 63% 27% 18% 30% 25% 73% 0% 46% 75% 56% 0% 0 0 22% 8 4 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0
1992 25 MON NL 349 1429 4.09 902 63% 24% 22% 31% 23% 76% 2% 48% 71% 59% 7% 26 17 29% 101 58 2 27% 16 7 -2 0 0
1993 26 MON NL 325 1356 4.17 894 66% 24% 23% 32% 21% 76% 2% 50% 70% 62% 5% 17 8 30% 99 56 4 26% 19 7 19 0 0
1994 27 MON NL 257 1063 4.14 687 65% 21% 19% 36% 24% 79% 4% 51% 76% 64% 4% 10 3 29% 75 39 3 27% 9 3 4 0 0
1995 28 NYY AL 229 969 4.23 623 64% 24% 18% 33% 24% 76% 2% 49% 76% 63% 3% 8 6 24% 56 22 2 29% 4 0 4 0 0
1996 29 NYY AL 189 812 4.30 508 63% 24% 21% 31% 23% 76% 3% 47% 72% 57% 4% 7 2 25% 47 23 0 19% 5 2 76 0 0
1997 30 TEX AL 258 999 3.87 630 63% 27% 18% 28% 28% 73% 3% 46% 76% 57% 6% 15 8 22% 58 24 2 32% 6 4 1 1 0
1998 31 TEX AL 249 993 3.99 662 67% 26% 18% 31% 25% 74% 1% 49% 75% 64% 4% 9 5 29% 71 40 5 26% 10 3 0 0 0
1999 32 TEX AL 281 1042 3.71 705 68% 24% 18% 29% 29% 76% 1% 51% 76% 64% 3% 8 1 30% 84 49 7 25% 10 6 0 0 0
2000 33 TEX AL 270 1074 3.98 666 62% 28% 14% 29% 29% 72% 2% 45% 81% 53% 5% 14 10 23% 63 32 4 28% 7 2 -1 0 0
12 Yrs 2942 11862 4.03 7603 64% 24% 20% 31% 25% 76% 2% 49% 74% 60% 5% 144 70 27% 797 413 34 25% 112 47 203 1 7
MLB Averages 3.68 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

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
1989 22 LAD NL 411 81 11 2 8 1 4 5 3 4 4 16 11 2 69% 2 16 0 151 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1990 23 LAD NL 190 44 7 3 6 0 9 3 3 2 4 16 9 2 56% 2 8 0 61 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1991 24 LAD NL 36 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 1 1 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1992 25 MON NL 347 64 25 1 6 2 14 3 3 4 2 22 10 6 45% 0 4 1 153 14 3 82% 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1993 26 MON NL 344 58 8 0 3 0 6 0 3 1 2 15 6 6 40% 3 7 1 153 13 2 87% 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1994 27 MON NL 261 46 7 0 5 0 5 1 4 3 2 13 10 0 77% 2 0 1 97 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1995 28 NYY AL 233 40 1 1 6 0 5 3 3 4 2 15 8 1 53% 1 1 1 65 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1996 29 NYY AL 265 54 7 1 9 0 2 2 7 4 5 12 4 3 33% 4 1 0 99 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 30 TEX AL 259 43 3 0 5 0 4 4 1 1 4 6 4 1 67% 2 1 0 94 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 31 TEX AL 249 47 11 0 6 0 3 5 1 6 0 8 4 3 50% 2 1 0 94 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1999 32 TEX AL 281 67 8 1 9 0 5 5 4 6 3 18 7 4 39% 2 0 0 109 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2000 33 TEX AL 269 67 7 0 10 0 4 3 7 4 6 20 9 3 45% 4 0 0 116 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
12 Yrs 3145 616 97 9 73 3 64 34 39 39 34 164 84 31 51% 25 40 5 1208 76 18 81% 69 18 7 0 0 0 3 0 85 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+
1989 22 5 8 .385 3.77 31 12 7 0 0 1 102.2 81 46 43 8 34 4 96 0 1 16 411 91 1.120 7.1 0.7 3.0 8.4 2.82 91
1990 23 7 12 .368 4.08 53 17 14 0 0 1 145.2 125 74 66 14 51 7 132 4 1 24 601 86 1.208 7.7 0.9 3.2 8.2 2.59 86
1991 24 8 12 .400 3.84 59 17 17 0 0 1 154.2 130 76 66 14 54 7 141 5 1 25 637 92 1.190 7.6 0.8 3.1 8.2 2.61 92
1992 25 12 16 .429 3.52 126 17 75 0 0 38 238.0 194 103 93 20 90 10 240 9 1 29 984 100 1.193 7.3 0.8 3.4 9.1 2.67 100
1993 26 21 19 .525 2.95 196 17 133 0 0 81 323.1 252 120 106 23 118 13 353 11 1 36 1328 125 1.144 7.0 0.6 3.3 9.8 2.99 125
1994 27 25 25 .500 2.93 248 17 176 0 0 106 387.0 298 142 126 28 139 17 421 14 1 36 1589 129 1.129 6.9 0.7 3.2 9.8 3.03 129
1995 28 26 30 .464 2.93 308 17 232 0 0 137 448.1 338 164 146 34 153 19 487 14 1 37 1822 133 1.095 6.8 0.7 3.1 9.8 3.18 133
1996 29 28 33 .459 2.92 370 17 290 0 0 180 512.0 392 187 166 43 174 23 556 14 1 38 2087 139 1.105 6.9 0.8 3.1 9.8 3.20 139
1997 30 35 35 .500 2.81 431 17 348 0 0 211 577.0 435 205 180 48 195 26 619 14 1 39 2346 147 1.092 6.8 0.7 3.0 9.7 3.17 147
1998 31 38 36 .514 2.73 494 17 407 0 0 253 639.0 482 222 194 54 209 27 691 14 1 40 2595 154 1.081 6.8 0.8 2.9 9.7 3.31 154
1999 32 42 40 .512 2.82 556 17 466 0 0 296 705.0 549 252 221 63 228 28 751 14 1 40 2876 152 1.102 7.0 0.8 2.9 9.6 3.29 152
2000 33 48 45 .516 2.93 618 17 523 0 0 330 765.0 616 287 249 73 252 30 804 16 1 40 3145 148 1.135 7.2 0.9 3.0 9.5 3.19 148

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
1989 22 4 6 .400 4.59 96.0 86 54 49 8 36 90 0 1.271 8.1 3.4 8.4 2.50 0.8 31
1990 23 1 3 .250 5.49 41.0 46 28 25 6 18 34 4 1.561 10.1 4.0 7.5 1.89 1.3 22
1991 24 0 0 0.00 8.0 6 0 0 0 4 8 1 1.250 6.8 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 6
1992 25 5 3 .625 3.53 79.0 68 34 31 6 38 94 4 1.342 7.7 4.3 10.7 2.47 0.7 67
1993 26 8 1 .889 1.36 86.0 57 14 13 3 28 113 2 0.988 6.0 2.9 11.8 4.04 0.3 70
1994 27 7 3 .700 2.67 91.0 63 30 27 7 29 97 4 1.011 6.2 2.9 9.6 3.34 0.7 52
1995 28 5 2 .714 2.91 68.0 44 24 22 7 15 73 0 0.868 5.8 2.0 9.7 4.87 0.9 60
1996 29 5 2 .714 2.49 65.0 51 20 18 8 20 70 0 1.092 7.1 2.8 9.7 3.50 1.1 62
1997 30 6 1 .857 1.77 66.0 41 14 13 5 20 64 0 0.924 5.6 2.7 8.7 3.20 0.7 61
1998 31 6 1 .857 1.83 64.0 45 14 13 6 13 74 0 0.906 6.3 1.8 10.4 5.69 0.8 63
1999 32 4 3 .571 3.22 67.0 63 27 24 8 18 61 0 1.209 8.5 2.4 8.2 3.39 1.1 62
2000 33 3 3 .500 3.75 60.0 63 28 25 9 23 53 2 1.433 9.5 3.5 8.0 2.30 1.4 62
12 Yrs 54 28 .659 2.96 791.0 633 287 260 73 262 831 17 1.131 7.2 9.5 3.17 0.8 618

* 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

Hall of Fame
2006 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

All-Star Games
1996
1998 *
1999 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1996 AL Rolaids Relief
1996 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1992 NL (22, 0%)
1993 NL (24, 0%)
1996 AL (19, 1%)
1998 AL (16, 1%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1999 AL (6, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (255th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1993 NL  4.1 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1993 NL  70 (9th)
1994 NL  52 (9th)
1995 AL  60 (10th)
Career  618 (169th)

Saves s c a p y
1992 NL  37 (3rd)
1993 NL  43 (4th)
1994 NL  25 (4th)
1995 AL  31 (5th)
1996 AL  43 (1st)
1997 AL  31 (4th)
1998 AL  42 (2nd)
1999 AL  43 (2nd)
2000 AL  34 (5th)
Career  330 (11th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1989 NL  16 (2nd)
1990 NL  8 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1992 NL  58 (2nd)
1993 NL  58 (4th)
1994 NL  43 (2nd)
1995 AL  56 (3rd)
1996 AL  58 (4th)
1997 AL  58 (3rd)
1998 AL  59 (4th)
1999 AL  59 (6th)
2000 AL  57 (8th)
Career  523 (31st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  25 (7th)
Career  112 (204th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1993 NL  2.5 (8th)
Career  10.9 (235th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1993 NL  27.05 (7th)
Career  99.38 (152nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1993 NL  5.8 (1st)
1996 AL  4.2 (8th)
Career  18.9 (69th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Career  11.0 (129th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1993 NL  2.7 (7th)
Career  9.6 (164th)


† 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 - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 93 (111), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (365), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Robb Nen (981)
  2. Tom Henke (960)
  3. Francisco Cordero (951)
  4. Todd Worrell (949)
  5. Joe Nathan (947)
  6. Jeff Montgomery (944)
  7. Troy Percival (934)
  8. Rod Beck (926)
  9. Armando Benitez (924)
  10. Bruce Sutter (921) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe Oeschger (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ramon Monzant (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kris Medlen (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Randy Moffitt (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rawly Eastwick (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rawly Eastwick (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Robb Nen (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gregg Olson (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Robb Nen (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Trevor Hoffman (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Robb Nen (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Trevor Hoffman (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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