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Wally Whitehurst

Walter Richard Whitehurst

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 11, 1964 in Shreveport, LA
School: University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1989
Teams (by GP): Mets/Padres/Yankees 1989-1996

Final Game: August 29, 1996
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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
1989 25 NYM NL 0 1 .000 4.50 9 1 4 0 0 0 14.0 17 7 7 2 5 0 9 0 0 1 64 75 1.571 10.9 1.3 3.2 5.8 1.80
1990 26 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 3.29 38 0 16 0 0 2 65.2 63 27 24 5 9 2 46 0 0 2 263 115 1.096 8.6 0.7 1.2 6.3 5.11
1991 27 NYM NL 7 12 .368 4.19 36 20 6 0 0 1 133.1 142 67 62 12 25 3 87 4 4 3 556 88 1.253 9.6 0.8 1.7 5.9 3.48
1992 28 NYM NL 3 9 .250 3.62 44 11 7 0 0 0 97.0 99 45 39 4 33 5 70 4 1 2 421 97 1.361 9.2 0.4 3.1 6.5 2.12
1993 29 SDP NL 4 7 .364 3.83 21 19 1 0 0 0 105.2 109 47 45 11 30 5 57 3 1 5 441 108 1.315 9.3 0.9 2.6 4.9 1.90
1994 30 SDP NL 4 7 .364 4.92 13 13 0 0 0 0 64.0 84 37 35 8 26 4 43 1 0 2 294 84 1.719 11.8 1.1 3.7 6.0 1.65
1996 32 NYY AL 1 1 .500 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 36 77 1.625 12.4 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.50
7 Yrs 20 37 .351 4.02 163 66 34 0 0 3 487.2 525 236 218 43 130 19 313 12 6 15 2075 95 1.343 9.7 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.41
162 Game Avg. 6 11 .351 4.02 48 20 10 0 0 1 145 156 70 65 13 39 6 93 4 2 4 616 95 1.343 9.7 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.41
NYM (4 yrs) 11 22 .333 3.83 127 32 33 0 0 3 310.0 321 146 132 23 72 10 212 8 5 8 1304 95 1.268 9.3 0.7 2.1 6.2 2.94
SDP (2 yrs) 8 14 .364 4.24 34 32 1 0 0 0 169.2 193 84 80 19 56 9 100 4 1 7 735 98 1.468 10.2 1.0 3.0 5.3 1.79
NYY (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 36 77 1.625 12.4 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.50
NL (6 yrs) 19 36 .345 3.98 161 64 34 0 0 3 479.2 514 230 212 42 128 19 312 12 6 15 2039 96 1.338 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.9 2.44
AL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 36 77 1.625 12.4 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.50

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 25 NYM NL 14.0 9 1 7 4.50 3.94 0.21 -0.22 98.6 3.46 -2 -0.2 .3 0.0 0.0 -0 .480 .499 $
1990 26 NYM NL 65.2 38 0 27 3.70 4.13 -0.23 -0.31 100.4 4.06 1 0.2 .8 -0.1 0.5 9 .504 .501 $101,000
1991 27 NYM NL 133.1 36 20 67 4.52 4.12 -0.42 0.06 99.3 4.56 -0 -0.0 .9 -0.1 0.9 12 .499 .500 $155,000
1992 28 NYM NL 97.0 44 11 45 4.18 3.86 -0.32 -0.07 101.4 4.17 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.6 8 .498 .500 $235,000
1993 29 SDP NL 105.2 21 19 47 4.00 4.59 -0.83 0.15 101.2 5.63 17 1.9 .2 -0.1 2.6 29 .591 .512 $487,500
1994 30 SDP NL 64.0 13 13 37 5.20 4.68 -0.94 0.17 96.4 5.58 2 0.2 -0.0 0.7 7 .518 .501 $695,000
1996 32 NYY AL 8.0 2 2 6 6.75 5.22 -0.37 0.20 99.0 5.73 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .455 .499 $125,000
7 Seasons 487.2 163 66 236 4.36 4.26 -0.51 0.01 99.9 4.77 17 1.9 .9 -0.4 5.3 65 .512 .502 $1,798,500
NYM (4 yrs) 310.0 127 32 146 4.24 4.03 -0.32 -0.07 100.2 4.28 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.3 2.0 28 .499 .500 $491,000
SDP (2 yrs) 169.2 34 32 84 4.46 4.62 -0.87 0.16 99.4 5.61 20 2.2 .2 -0.1 3.3 36 .563 .507 $1,182,500
NYY (1 yr) 8.0 2 2 6 6.75 5.22 -0.37 0.20 99.0 5.73 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .455 .499 $125,000

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 25 NYM NL 9 64 58 7 17 2 0 2 2 0 5 9 .293 .344 .431 .775 .313 25 0 0 0 1 0 1
1990 26 NYM NL 38 263 251 27 63 8 1 5 3 3 9 46 .251 .277 .351 .628 .290 88 5 0 3 0 2 3
1991 27 NYM NL 36 556 518 67 142 24 5 12 9 8 25 87 .274 .311 .409 .720 .308 212 12 4 6 3 3 8
1992 28 NYM NL 44 421 375 45 99 25 4 4 9 3 33 70 .264 .328 .384 .712 .313 144 11 4 6 3 5 7
1993 29 SDP NL 21 440 395 47 109 20 3 11 3 7 30 57 .276 .326 .425 .751 .293 168 11 3 5 8 5 6
1994 30 SDP NL 13 294 263 37 84 12 2 8 5 5 26 43 .319 .383 .471 .854 .358 124 5 1 4 0 4 5
1996 32 NYY AL 2 36 34 6 11 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 .324 .361 .500 .861 .313 17 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 163 2074 1894 236 525 94 15 43 32 26 130 313 .277 .325 .411 .736 .310 778 45 12 24 15 19 30
162 Game Avg. 48 616 562 70 156 28 4 13 10 8 39 93 .277 .325 .411 .736 .310 231 13 4 7 4 6 9
MLB Averages .262 .330 .399 .729 .291

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 25 NYM NL -1.5 -0.2 66 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .48 -0.3 -0.6 -1.4 -0.1 0.48 -2.7 0 1 6
1990 26 NYM NL 3.5 0.4 273 0.7 2.9 -2.2 .57 1.3 -0.0 2.8 0.3 0.57 9.6 6 7 25
1991 27 NYM NL -6.8 -0.7 580 -1.1 9.3 -10.4 .95 -0.0 -1.2 -6.5 -0.7 0.95 -1.7 4 3 9
1992 28 NYM NL -2.3 -0.2 437 -1.2 7.4 -8.6 1.13 -0.5 -0.6 -7.1 -0.8 1.13 -7.0 11 9 13
1993 29 SDP NL 5.0 0.5 457 0.3 8.5 -8.2 1.07 0.4 -0.1 7.7 0.8 1.07 4.9 0 0 2
1994 30 SDP NL -4.8 -0.5 304 -0.5 4.9 -5.4 .99 -0.8 0.3 -5.0 -0.5 0.99 -8.8 0 0 0
1996 32 NYY AL -1.2 -0.1 37 -0.0 0.7 -0.8 1.07 0.0 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2 1.08 0.1 0 0 0
7 Yrs -8.0 -0.8 2154 -2.3 34.1 -36.4 .96 0.2 -2.6 -11.6 -1.2 0.96 -5.6 21 20 55

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 25 NYM NL 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 24.0 24 24 5 0 0 1 3.0 6.0 2.7 49 1 0 0 0 49
1991 27 NYM NL 36 20 5 11 4 3 4 8 12 .400 4 1 0 0 6 30% 47.7 76 12 16 7 3 7 3.9 3.4 5.4 80 10 8 2 0 102
1992 28 NYM NL 44 11 1 5 5 0 0 2 9 .182 1 1 0 0 2 18% 49.0 72 28 18 5 5 3 3.4 2.8 4.6 74 5 6 0 0 96
1993 29 SDP NL 21 19 4 7 8 3 1 6 13 .316 1 4 0 0 7 37% 49.9 70 16 8 2 0 4 3.6 2.8 5.4 86 4 10 4 0 111
1994 30 SDP NL 13 13 4 7 2 1 0 5 8 .385 0 1 0 0 5 38% 45.0 73 19 15 5 0 5 3.6 3.2 4.9 84 4 2 7 0 111
1996 32 NYY AL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 41.5 56 27 2 0 0 1 4.2 4.5 4.0 66 1 1 0 0 98
6 Yrs 125 66 15 32 19 7 5 22 44 .333 6 7 0 0 21 32% 47 76 12 64 19 8 21 3.7 3.2 5.1 81 25 27 13 0 111
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 103 -14 4.5 4.5 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
1989 25 NYM NL 9 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0% 3 .480 0 1 6 3 0 5 3 5 4 1 4 1 4.3 19
1990 26 NYM NL 38 38 16 1 0 2 2 0 100% 6 4 22 8 36% 8 .570 6 7 25 12 3 23 13 25 24 3 27 5 5.2 24
1991 27 NYM NL 36 16 6 2 1 1 1 0 100% 4 3 8 4 50% 7 .952 4 3 9 5 1 10 4 12 10 1 10 1 4.9 23
1992 28 NYM NL 44 33 7 2 4 3 0 3 0% 7 4 34 13 38% 6 1.127 11 9 13 8 4 21 20 13 19 9 20 1 4.2 23
1993 29 SDP NL 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.066 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 17
5 Yrs 148 97 34 5 5 6 3 3 50% 18 12 70 25 36% .948 21 20 55 29 8 60 40 57 58 14 62 8 4.7 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%
1989 25 NYM NL 64 53% 3.1% 14.1% 7.8% 6.3% 24% 0.92 0.83 75% 18% 9.1% 15% 13 0 0%
1990 26 NYM NL 263 50% 1.9% 17.5% 3.4% 5.3% 22% 1.42 2.00 76% 17% 6.7% 11% 50 5 10%
1991 27 NYM NL 556 48% 2.2% 15.7% 4.5% 7.4% 29% 1.27 2.12 76% 19% 7.3% 13% 92 12 13%
1992 28 NYM NL 421 46% 1.0% 16.6% 7.8% 7.8% 33% 1.04 1.67 72% 21% 2.9% 9% 73 11 15%
1993 29 SDP NL 441 51% 2.5% 13.0% 6.8% 7.7% 31% 0.81 0.95 76% 19% 6.4% 9% 76 11 14%
1994 30 SDP NL 294 51% 2.7% 14.6% 8.8% 7.5% 26% 0.96 1.15 72% 22% 7.9% 7% 57 5 9%
1996 32 NYY AL 36 64% 2.8% 2.8% 5.6% 11.1% 36% 0.78 0.92 89% 12% 6.3% 11% 7 1 14%
7 Yrs 2075 49% 2.1% 15.1% 6.3% 7.3% 29% 1.06 1.47 75% 20% 6.3% 10% 368 45 12%
MLB Averages 42% 2.3% 15.4% 8.8% 7.1% 30% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.8% 17% 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 25 NYM NL 64 202 3.16 124 61% 23% 9% 27% 40% 77% 0% 47% 88% 59% 5% 3 2 8% 5 3 0 22% 3 1 0 0 0
1990 26 NYM NL 263 910 3.46 593 65% 24% 14% 27% 35% 76% 2% 49% 82% 66% 2% 6 3 21% 54 26 2 28% 7 1 0 0 0
1991 27 NYM NL 559 1970 3.52 1242 63% 25% 11% 28% 35% 75% 2% 47% 85% 59% 5% 29 18 17% 97 38 6 25% 13 8 -3 0 0
1992 28 NYM NL 423 1573 3.72 940 60% 26% 13% 28% 33% 74% 3% 44% 82% 57% 5% 21 10 15% 64 20 3 29% 6 6 -2 0 0
1993 29 SDP NL 434 1596 3.68 959 60% 28% 8% 29% 36% 72% 3% 43% 88% 60% 3% 15 4 13% 55 10 1 39% 5 6 7 0 1
1994 30 SDP NL 295 1097 3.72 636 58% 30% 12% 23% 35% 70% 3% 41% 83% 57% 5% 14 6 16% 47 7 1 44% 1 5 -1 0 0
1996 32 NYY AL 36 132 3.67 85 64% 21% 9% 31% 39% 79% 0% 51% 88% 64% 0% 0 0 22% 8 2 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 2074 7480 3.61 4579 61% 26% 11% 27% 35% 74% 2% 45% 85% 60% 4% 88 43 16% 330 106 14 32% 35 27 1 0 1
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 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
1989 25 NYM NL 64 17 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 27 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 26 NYM NL 263 63 9 1 5 0 5 5 0 1 4 16 9 2 56% 3 2 0 87 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1991 27 NYM NL 556 142 52 2 12 0 4 5 7 5 7 36 17 13 47% 8 3 1 180 9 8 53% 7 5 2 2 0 1 2 0 10 0
1992 28 NYM NL 421 99 39 4 4 0 11 1 3 2 2 30 18 3 60% 7 2 0 169 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1993 29 SDP NL 440 109 19 2 11 0 10 5 6 8 3 25 13 2 52% 6 5 0 149 3 7 30% 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 1
1994 30 SDP NL 294 84 7 3 8 0 6 5 3 5 3 13 7 2 54% 5 2 0 113 5 5 50% 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 0
1996 32 NYY AL 36 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 2074 525 133 12 43 1 38 22 21 21 22 128 69 22 54% 30 15 1 738 32 26 55% 26 21 6 3 0 2 5 2 40 1
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 25 0 1 .000 4.50 9 1 4 0 0 0 14.0 17 7 7 2 5 0 9 0 0 1 64 75 1.571 10.9 1.3 3.2 5.8 1.80 75
1990 26 1 1 .500 3.50 47 1 20 0 0 2 79.2 80 34 31 7 14 2 55 0 0 3 327 106 1.180 9.0 0.8 1.6 6.2 3.93 106
1991 27 8 13 .381 3.93 83 21 26 0 0 3 213.0 222 101 93 19 39 5 142 4 4 6 883 94 1.225 9.4 0.8 1.6 6.0 3.64 94
1992 28 11 22 .333 3.83 127 32 33 0 0 3 310.0 321 146 132 23 72 10 212 8 5 8 1304 95 1.268 9.3 0.7 2.1 6.2 2.94 95
1993 29 15 29 .341 3.83 148 51 34 0 0 3 415.2 430 193 177 34 102 15 269 11 6 13 1745 98 1.280 9.3 0.7 2.2 5.8 2.64 98
1994 30 19 36 .345 3.98 161 64 34 0 0 3 479.2 514 230 212 42 128 19 312 12 6 15 2039 96 1.338 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.9 2.44 96
1995 31 19 36 .345 3.98 161 64 34 0 0 3 479.2 514 230 212 42 128 19 312 12 6 15 2039 96 1.338 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.9 2.44 96
1996 32 20 37 .351 4.02 163 66 34 0 0 3 487.2 525 236 218 43 130 19 313 12 6 15 2075 95 1.343 9.7 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.41 95

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 25 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 19 9 8 2 6 8 0 1.923 13.2 4.2 5.5 1.33 1.4 9
1990 26 4 3 .571 3.71 63.0 65 29 26 5 9 44 0 1.175 9.3 1.3 6.3 4.89 0.7 38
1991 27 5 8 .385 4.86 126.0 149 76 68 13 26 82 4 1.389 10.6 1.9 5.9 3.15 0.9 36
1992 28 4 6 .400 4.40 92.0 106 50 45 4 35 66 4 1.533 10.4 3.4 6.5 1.89 0.4 44
1993 29 6 5 .545 3.92 101.0 107 49 44 11 29 54 3 1.347 9.5 2.6 4.8 1.86 1.0 21
1994 30 4 5 .444 4.97 87.0 117 53 48 11 36 58 1 1.759 12.1 3.7 6.0 1.61 1.1 13
1996 32 0 0 5.63 8.0 10 6 5 1 2 1 0 1.500 11.3 2.3 1.1 0.50 1.1 2
7 Yrs 23 28 .451 4.48 490.0 573 272 244 47 143 313 12 1.461 10.5 5.7 2.19 0.9 163

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