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Ed Whitson

Eddie Lee Whitson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 19, 1955 in Johnson City, TN
High School: Unicoi County HS (Erwin, TN)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1977
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants/Pirates/Yankees/Indians 1977-1991
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: September 29, 1991
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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
1977 22 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 3.45 5 2 1 0 0 0 15.2 11 6 6 0 9 1 10 0 0 0 66 118 1.277 6.3 0.0 5.2 5.7 1.11
1978 23 PIT NL 5 6 .455 3.28 43 0 14 0 0 4 74.0 66 31 27 5 37 5 64 2 0 1 318 114 1.392 8.0 0.6 4.5 7.8 1.73
1979 24 TOT NL 7 11 .389 4.10 37 24 5 2 0 1 158.0 151 83 72 11 75 9 93 5 2 5 702 90 1.430 8.6 0.6 4.3 5.3 1.24
1979 24 PIT NL 2 3 .400 4.37 19 7 4 0 0 1 57.2 53 36 28 6 36 3 31 1 1 2 263 90 1.543 8.3 0.9 5.6 4.8 0.86
1979 24 SFG NL 5 8 .385 3.95 18 17 1 2 0 0 100.1 98 47 44 5 39 6 62 4 1 3 439 89 1.365 8.8 0.4 3.5 5.6 1.59
1980 25 SFG NL 11 13 .458 3.10 34 34 0 6 2 0 211.2 222 88 73 7 56 7 90 4 1 1 898 114 1.313 9.4 0.3 2.4 3.8 1.61 AS
1981 26 SFG NL 6 9 .400 4.02 22 22 0 2 1 0 123.0 130 61 55 10 47 5 65 2 2 3 534 85 1.439 9.5 0.7 3.4 4.8 1.38
1982 27 CLE AL 4 2 .667 3.26 40 9 18 1 1 2 107.2 91 43 39 6 58 3 61 0 1 4 467 127 1.384 7.6 0.5 4.8 5.1 1.05
1983 28 SDP NL 5 7 .417 4.30 31 21 4 2 0 1 144.1 143 73 69 23 50 1 81 1 0 2 617 82 1.337 8.9 1.4 3.1 5.1 1.62
1984 29 SDP NL 14 8 .636 3.24 31 31 0 1 0 0 189.0 181 72 68 16 42 1 103 3 1 3 773 111 1.180 8.6 0.8 2.0 4.9 2.45
1985 30 NYY AL 10 8 .556 4.88 30 30 0 2 2 0 158.2 201 100 86 19 43 0 89 2 0 1 705 83 1.538 11.4 1.1 2.4 5.0 2.07
1986 31 TOT MLB 6 9 .400 6.23 31 16 6 0 0 0 112.2 139 85 78 13 60 1 73 0 0 3 526 61 1.766 11.1 1.0 4.8 5.8 1.22
1986 31 NYY AL 5 2 .714 7.54 14 4 6 0 0 0 37.0 54 37 31 5 23 1 27 0 0 2 189 55 2.081 13.1 1.2 5.6 6.6 1.17
1986 31 SDP NL 1 7 .125 5.59 17 12 0 0 0 0 75.2 85 48 47 8 37 0 46 0 0 1 337 66 1.612 10.1 1.0 4.4 5.5 1.24
1987 32 SDP NL 10 13 .435 4.73 36 34 0 3 1 0 205.2 197 113 108 36 64 3 135 3 1 2 858 84 1.269 8.6 1.6 2.8 5.9 2.11
1988 33 SDP NL 13 11 .542 3.77 34 33 0 3 1 0 205.1 202 93 86 17 45 1 118 1 2 2 846 91 1.203 8.9 0.7 2.0 5.2 2.62
1989 34 SDP NL 16 11 .593 2.66 33 33 0 5 1 0 227.0 198 77 67 22 48 6 117 5 3 2 914 132 1.084 7.9 0.9 1.9 4.6 2.44
1990 35 SDP NL 14 9 .609 2.60 32 32 0 6 3 0 228.2 215 73 66 13 47 8 127 1 0 2 918 148 1.146 8.5 0.5 1.8 5.0 2.70
1991 36 SDP NL 4 6 .400 5.03 13 12 0 2 0 0 78.2 93 47 44 13 17 3 40 0 1 1 337 76 1.398 10.6 1.5 1.9 4.6 2.35
15 Yrs 126 123 .506 3.79 452 333 48 35 12 8 2240.0 2240 1045 944 211 698 54 1266 29 14 32 9479 98 1.312 9.0 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.81
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .506 3.79 39 29 4 3 1 1 194 194 91 82 18 60 5 110 3 1 3 821 98 1.312 9.0 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.81
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
SDP (8 yrs) 77 72 .517 3.69 227 208 4 22 6 1 1354.1 1314 596 555 148 350 23 767 14 8 15 5600 99 1.229 8.7 1.0 2.3 5.1 2.19
SFG (3 yrs) 22 30 .423 3.56 74 73 1 10 3 0 435.0 450 196 172 22 142 18 217 10 4 7 1871 99 1.361 9.3 0.5 2.9 4.5 1.53
PIT (3 yrs) 8 9 .471 3.73 67 9 19 0 0 5 147.1 130 73 61 11 82 9 105 3 1 3 647 103 1.439 7.9 0.7 5.0 6.4 1.28
NYY (2 yrs) 15 10 .600 5.38 44 34 6 2 2 0 195.2 255 137 117 24 66 1 116 2 0 3 894 75 1.641 11.7 1.1 3.0 5.3 1.76
CLE (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.26 40 9 18 1 1 2 107.2 91 43 39 6 58 3 61 0 1 4 467 127 1.384 7.6 0.5 4.8 5.1 1.05
NL (13 yrs) 107 111 .491 3.66 368 290 24 32 9 6 1936.2 1894 865 788 181 574 50 1089 27 13 25 8118 100 1.274 8.8 0.8 2.7 5.1 1.90
AL (3 yrs) 19 12 .613 4.63 84 43 24 3 3 2 303.1 346 180 156 30 124 4 177 2 1 7 1361 88 1.549 10.3 0.9 3.7 5.3 1.43

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
1977 22 PIT NL 15.2 5 2 6 3.45 4.19 0.27 0.01 98.7 3.87 1 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.2 2 .513 .500 $
1978 23 PIT NL 74.0 43 0 31 3.77 4.02 -0.18 -0.33 105.1 4.08 2 0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.7 9 .505 .501 $
1979 24 PIT NL 57.2 19 7 36 5.62 4.25 0.04 0.00 104.5 4.41 -8 -0.9 1.3 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .454 .495 $
1979 24 SFG NL 100.1 18 17 47 4.22 4.21 -0.45 0.13 94.4 4.53 3 0.3 2.2 -0.0 1.0 13 .516 .502 $
1980 25 SFG NL 211.2 34 34 88 3.74 4.05 -0.24 0.14 98.3 4.35 14 1.6 -0.1 3.2 34 .547 .510 $ AS
1981 26 SFG NL 123.0 22 22 61 4.46 3.96 -0.20 0.14 98.4 4.24 -5 -0.5 -0.1 0.4 4 .476 .497 $
1982 27 CLE AL 107.2 40 9 43 3.59 4.67 -0.12 -0.09 101.9 4.79 15 1.6 1.4 0.0 2.5 26 .540 .510 $
1983 28 SDP NL 144.1 31 21 73 4.55 4.14 0.17 0.10 97.0 3.95 -10 -1.1 1.1 -0.1 0.0 4 .465 .493 $
1984 29 SDP NL 189.0 31 31 72 3.43 3.96 0.20 0.14 100.9 3.94 9 1.0 -0.1 2.4 29 .532 .506 $
1985 30 NYY AL 158.2 30 30 100 5.67 4.54 0.19 0.16 98.3 4.43 -22 -2.1 -0.1 -0.9 -5 .430 .487 $800,000
1986 31 NYY AL 37.0 14 4 37 9.00 4.67 -0.03 -0.20 98.0 4.41 -19 -1.7 .6 0.2 -1.2 -15 .377 .489 $800,000
1986 31 SDP NL 75.2 17 12 48 5.71 4.20 -0.22 0.07 98.4 4.42 -11 -1.2 .7 -0.0 -0.6 -3 .432 .493 $
1987 32 SDP NL 205.2 36 34 113 4.94 4.60 0.20 0.16 96.9 4.42 -14 -1.4 .6 -0.1 0.2 10 .461 .491 $800,000
1988 33 SDP NL 205.1 34 33 93 4.08 3.84 0.19 0.12 99.7 3.75 -8 -0.9 2.5 -0.1 0.6 11 .472 .494 $1,000,000
1989 34 SDP NL 227.0 33 33 77 3.05 3.92 -0.50 0.14 99.2 4.53 37 4.6 -0.1 6.3 58 .641 .529 $1,050,000
1990 35 SDP NL 228.2 32 32 73 2.87 4.22 -0.29 0.15 101.0 4.71 43 5.1 -0.1 6.7 67 .660 .532 $1,125,000
1991 36 SDP NL 78.2 13 12 47 5.38 4.07 0.44 0.14 101.7 3.84 -14 -1.4 .2 -0.0 -0.9 -7 .392 .491 $1,325,000
15 Seasons 2240.0 452 333 1045 4.20 4.17 -0.06 0.10 99.3 4.30 11 3.3 1.2 -1.0 20.1 235 .507 .501 $6,900,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
SDP (8 yrs) 1354.1 227 208 596 3.96 4.12 -0.01 0.13 99.3 4.23 31 4.8 1.0 -0.7 14.7 169 .521 .504 $5,300,000
SFG (3 yrs) 435.0 74 73 196 4.06 4.06 -0.28 0.14 97.4 4.36 12 1.4 2.2 -0.2 4.6 52 .518 .503 $
PIT (3 yrs) 147.1 67 9 73 4.46 4.13 -0.05 -0.16 104.2 4.19 -6 -0.6 1.2 -0.2 0.4 9 .491 .499 $
NYY (2 yrs) 195.2 44 34 137 6.30 4.57 0.15 0.09 98.2 4.43 -41 -3.8 .6 0.1 -2.1 -20 .413 .488 $1,600,000
CLE (1 yr) 107.2 40 9 43 3.59 4.67 -0.12 -0.09 101.9 4.79 15 1.6 1.4 0.0 2.5 26 .540 .510 $

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
1984 29 SDP NL NLCS W CHC 1 0 1.000 1.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 30 0.875 5.6 0.0 2.3 6.8 3.00
1984 29 SDP NL WS L DET 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7.500 67.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 4.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 10 4 4 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 37 1.385 10.4 0.0 2.1 6.2 3.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 1.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 30 0.875 5.6 0.0 2.3 6.8 3.00
1 WS 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7.500 67.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1980 SFG NL 25

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
1977 22 PIT NL 5 66 54 6 11 2 3 0 2 0 9 10 .204 .308 .352 .660 .239 19 1 0 1 2 1 0
1978 23 PIT NL 43 318 272 31 66 9 2 5 8 3 37 64 .243 .333 .346 .679 .295 94 7 2 3 4 5 3
1979 24 TOT NL 37 702 609 83 151 29 7 11 25 5 75 93 .248 .334 .373 .707 .276 227 5 5 10 3 9 11
1979 24 PIT NL 19 263 223 36 53 7 1 6 7 1 36 31 .238 .346 .359 .705 .253 80 3 1 3 0 3 7
1979 24 SFG NL 18 439 386 47 98 22 6 5 18 4 39 62 .254 .326 .381 .707 .289 147 2 4 7 3 6 4
1980 25 SFG NL 34 898 819 88 222 24 12 7 26 10 56 90 .271 .318 .355 .673 .294 291 12 4 10 9 7 20
1981 26 SFG NL 22 534 477 61 130 21 4 10 12 6 47 65 .273 .339 .396 .735 .297 189 10 2 6 2 5 5
1982 27 CLE AL 40 467 394 43 91 16 0 6 17 2 58 61 .231 .324 .317 .641 .254 125 6 0 7 8 3 6
1983 28 SDP NL 31 617 559 73 143 20 2 23 16 5 50 81 .256 .316 .422 .738 .261 236 4 1 3 4 1 5
1984 29 SDP NL 31 773 710 72 181 22 5 16 16 7 42 103 .255 .297 .368 .664 .276 261 19 3 10 7 1 11
1985 30 NYY AL 30 705 650 100 201 37 5 19 6 6 43 89 .309 .350 .469 .820 .332 305 14 2 3 7 0 12
1986 31 NYY AL 14 189 161 37 54 10 4 5 3 0 23 27 .335 .412 .540 .952 .371 87 2 0 2 3 1 4
1986 31 SDP NL 17 337 296 48 85 15 3 8 10 4 37 46 .287 .364 .439 .803 .316 130 6 0 2 2 0 5
1986 31 TOT MLB 31 526 457 85 139 25 7 13 13 4 60 73 .304 .381 .475 .856 .335 217 8 0 4 5 1 9
1987 32 SDP NL 36 858 784 113 197 28 7 36 20 7 64 135 .251 .309 .443 .752 .262 347 17 3 4 2 3 6
1988 33 SDP NL 34 846 779 93 202 36 3 17 8 5 45 118 .259 .298 .379 .676 .284 295 15 1 13 8 1 10
1989 34 SDP NL 33 914 841 77 198 35 2 22 8 5 48 117 .235 .278 .360 .639 .248 303 16 5 12 8 6 13
1990 35 SDP NL 32 918 855 73 215 41 1 13 12 7 47 127 .251 .289 .347 .637 .280 297 16 1 9 6 8 7
1991 36 SDP NL 13 337 311 47 93 11 3 13 8 2 17 40 .299 .332 .479 .811 .307 149 10 0 6 3 3 6
15 Yrs 452 9479 8571 1045 2240 356 63 211 197 74 698 1266 .261 .316 .391 .708 .283 3355 160 29 101 78 54 124
162 Game Avg. 39 821 742 91 194 31 5 18 17 6 60 110 .261 .316 .391 .708 .283 291 14 3 9 7 5 11
MLB Averages .259 .325 .389 .713 .284
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1977 22 PIT NL 1.4 0.1 68 0.2 0.9 -0.7 .72 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.72 1.1 0 0 3
1978 23 PIT NL 3.3 0.4 331 -0.6 6.3 -6.9 1.14 -0.2 -0.3 1.9 0.2 1.14 0.2 16 11 16
1979 24 TOT NL -8.0 -0.8 744 -1.7 12.7 -14.4 1.13 -0.5 -1.0 -13.2 -1.3 1.13 -7.8 5 4 4
1979 24 PIT NL -4.4 -0.4 277 -1.6 5.1 -6.8 1.24 -0.7 -0.7 -10.1 -1.0 1.24 -6.5 4 4 4
1979 24 SFG NL -3.6 -0.4 467 -0.1 7.5 -7.6 1.07 0.1 -0.2 -3.1 -0.3 1.07 -1.3 1 0 0
1980 25 SFG NL 7.6 0.8 941 0.5 15.8 -15.3 1.02 0.7 -0.1 6.1 0.7 1.02 5.6 0 0 0
1981 26 SFG NL -8.1 -0.8 558 -0.4 8.9 -9.3 1.00 -0.9 0.5 -10.2 -1.1 1.00 -7.9 0 0 0
1982 27 CLE AL 10.4 1.0 490 1.6 8.8 -7.2 1.06 0.1 1.4 4.3 0.4 1.06 4.4 12 2 17
1983 28 SDP NL -10.3 -1.0 641 -0.9 9.5 -10.4 .90 -1.2 0.2 -9.3 -1.0 0.90 -12.6 2 3 4
1984 29 SDP NL 9.9 1.1 804 1.1 13.7 -12.6 .98 0.7 0.4 13.0 1.4 0.98 9.7 0 0 0
1985 30 NYY AL -17.5 -1.7 717 -2.0 11.6 -13.6 .97 -2.0 0.0 -21.0 -2.0 0.97 -23.2 0 0 0
1986 31 TOT MLB -29.8 -2.8 547 -2.8 6.0 -8.9 .78 -2.2 -1.4 -33.8 -3.2 0.78 -27.1 2 3 9
1986 31 NYY AL -15.4 -1.4 194 -0.9 1.9 -2.8 .74 -1.3 0.1 -19.8 -1.8 0.74 -15.8 1 3 5
1986 31 SDP NL -14.4 -1.4 353 -2.0 4.1 -6.1 .81 -0.9 -1.6 -14.0 -1.4 0.81 -11.2 1 0 4
1987 32 SDP NL -14.5 -1.4 891 -2.0 15.4 -17.4 .98 -1.2 -0.8 -11.2 -1.1 0.98 -11.8 0 1 1
1988 33 SDP NL -6.4 -0.7 865 -0.1 15.1 -15.2 1.05 0.4 -0.5 -0.3 -0.0 1.05 4.8 1 0 0
1989 34 SDP NL 21.4 2.4 934 1.8 15.1 -13.3 .93 1.2 0.8 21.4 2.4 0.93 13.0 0 0 0
1990 35 SDP NL 31.5 3.5 944 3.0 16.9 -13.9 .97 2.9 0.2 33.0 3.6 0.97 34.4 0 0 0
1991 36 SDP NL -9.4 -0.9 348 -0.6 5.2 -5.8 .88 -1.2 0.5 -9.0 -0.9 0.88 -12.5 0 0 1
15 Yrs -18.3 -1.0 9823 -3.0 161.9 -164.9 .98 -3.4 0.4 -27.5 -1.9 0.98 -29.7 38 24 55
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1977 22 PIT NL 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 1 50% 58.5 69 48 1 0 0 1 3.4 5.7 5.5
1979 24 TOT NL 37 24 7 8 9 1 3 13 11 .542 2 4 2 0 13 54% 50.4 76 18 27 5 4 6 4.4 3.2 5.8
1979 24 PIT NL 19 7 2 1 4 0 0 5 2 .714 1 1 0 0 3 43% 48.3 74 34 15 3 2 2 6.6 5.0 5.9
1979 24 SFG NL 18 17 5 7 5 1 3 8 9 .471 1 3 2 0 10 59% 51.3 76 18 12 2 2 4 3.6 2.5 5.8
1980 25 SFG NL 34 34 11 13 10 0 3 15 19 .441 4 2 6 2 19 56% 51.7 80 20 27 8 14 7 2.9 3.3 6.2
1981 26 SFG NL 22 22 6 9 7 2 1 9 13 .409 1 1 2 1 7 32% 48.4 80 26 23 4 6 5 3.8 3.7 5.6
1982 27 CLE AL 40 9 3 1 5 0 0 6 3 .667 1 1 1 1 5 56% 56.1 73 26 24 5 1 5 3.3 2.7 6.3
1983 28 SDP NL 31 21 5 7 9 2 2 11 10 .524 1 3 2 0 10 48% 51.0 82 8 19 4 3 7 4.0 3.8 6.3
1984 29 SDP NL 31 31 14 8 9 5 3 18 13 .581 0 5 1 0 17 55% 53.6 77 33 23 6 2 16 4.3 3.8 6.1
1985 30 NYY AL 30 30 10 8 12 4 2 19 11 .633 1 6 2 2 11 37% 44.7 80 18 33 10 0 17 6.0 5.6 5.3
1986 31 TOT MLB 31 16 2 9 5 0 2 2 14 .125 0 4 0 0 5 31% 0.0 66 15 18 3 1 9 4.5 3.5 4.7
1986 31 NYY AL 14 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 1 25% 37.5 56 30 12 2 1 2 7.0 7.4 2.8
1986 31 SDP NL 17 12 1 7 4 0 2 1 11 .083 0 3 0 0 4 33% 41.8 66 15 6 1 0 7 3.7 2.8 5.3
1987 32 SDP NL 36 34 10 13 11 3 4 17 17 .500 3 5 3 1 16 47% 49.7 85 19 20 5 5 14 4.5 4.7 6.0
1988 33 SDP NL 34 33 12 11 10 1 2 16 17 .485 5 5 3 1 20 61% 51.9 78 20 25 12 1 14 3.9 4.2 6.1 87 7 14 11 0 116
1989 34 SDP NL 33 33 16 11 6 1 5 20 13 .606 1 4 5 1 24 73% 57.8 81 24 12 2 1 14 4.0 4.1 6.9 92 6 17 8 2 128
1990 35 SDP NL 32 32 14 9 9 0 5 19 13 .594 3 1 6 3 27 84% 58.0 83 16 8 1 0 13 4.5 4.1 7.1 92 7 13 8 4 127
1991 36 SDP NL 13 12 4 6 2 0 1 5 7 .417 1 2 2 0 7 58% 47.7 66 27 4 3 0 5 3.7 3.2 6.5 93 4 2 4 2 131
14 Yrs 409 333 115 113 105 20 33 171 161 .515 24 43 35 12 182 55% 51 85 8 264 68 38 133 4.2 4.0 6.1 91 24 46 31 8 131
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -13 4.3 4.3 6.2 94
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*

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
1977 22 PIT NL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .720 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 1 4.7
1978 23 PIT NL 43 43 14 5 6 7 4 3 57% 10 3 41 15 37% 6 1.138 16 11 16 15 7 21 22 21 20 13 23 11 5.2
1979 24 TOT NL 37 13 5 0 3 1 1 0 100% 3 1 6 0 0% 1.132 5 4 4 5 3 5 4 9 7 2 7 1 4.1
1979 24 PIT NL 19 12 4 0 2 1 1 0 100% 3 1 6 0 0% 7 1.241 4 4 4 5 2 5 4 8 7 2 7 1 4.2
1979 24 SFG NL 18 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.066 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1982 27 CLE AL 40 31 18 1 1 2 2 0 100% 5 2 31 13 42% 8 1.064 12 2 17 11 6 14 19 12 18 10 19 7 4.9
1983 28 SDP NL 31 10 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 3 0 0% 8 .904 2 3 4 2 1 7 3 7 5 2 6 4 3.9
1986 31 TOT MLB 31 15 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% .784 2 3 9 2 1 12 8 7 11 1 12 1 7.5
1986 31 NYY AL 14 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 3 .744 1 3 5 2 1 7 6 4 6 1 7 1 7.7
1986 31 SDP NL 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 .806 1 0 4 0 0 5 2 3 5 0 5 0 7.2
1987 32 SDP NL 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .978 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1988 33 SDP NL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1.054 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 11.0 36
1991 36 SDP NL 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .882 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 18
9 Yrs 270 119 48 11 10 11 8 3 73% 20 6 94 32 34% .992 38 24 55 35 19 65 58 61 66 29 72 25 5.2 27

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%
1977 22 PIT NL 66 64% 0.0% 15.2% 13.6% 7.6% 46% 0.68 70% 11 1 9%
1978 23 PIT NL 318 62% 1.6% 20.1% 11.6% 5.0% 24% 1.01 65% 69 7 10%
1979 24 TOT NL 702 56% 1.6% 13.3% 10.7% 6.7% 31% 1.00 72% 117 5 4%
1979 24 PIT NL 263 58% 2.3% 11.8% 13.7% 5.3% 26% 1.04 71% 51 3 6%
1979 24 SFG NL 439 54% 1.1% 14.1% 8.9% 7.5% 34% 0.97 73% 66 2 3%
1980 25 SFG NL 898 50% 0.8% 10.0% 6.2% 4.8% 19% 1.15 81% 133 12 9%
1981 26 SFG NL 534 52% 1.9% 12.2% 8.8% 6.6% 27% 0.98 76% 91 10 11%
1982 27 CLE AL 467 51% 1.3% 13.1% 12.4% 4.7% 24% 0.61 72% 100 6 6%
1983 28 SDP NL 617 53% 3.7% 13.1% 8.1% 7.3% 32% 0.63 74% 78 4 5%
1984 29 SDP NL 773 49% 2.1% 13.3% 5.4% 5.6% 24% 0.80 77% 145 19 13%
1985 30 NYY AL 705 43% 2.7% 12.6% 6.1% 8.7% 30% 0.87 78% 150 14 9%
1986 31 TOT MLB 526 47% 2.5% 13.9% 11.4% 8.6% 32% 1.04 71% 106 8 8%
1986 31 NYY AL 189 58% 2.7% 14.3% 12.2% 10.1% 35% 1.02 70% 39 2 5%
1986 31 SDP NL 337 41% 2.4% 13.7% 11.0% 7.7% 31% 1.05 72% 67 6 9%
1987 32 SDP NL 858 45% 4.2% 15.7% 7.5% 8.3% 36% 1.16 72% 130 17 13%
1988 33 SDP NL 846 49% 2.0% 14.0% 5.3% 6.6% 28% 0.83 1.15 77% 15% 10.1% 53% 163 15 9%
1989 34 SDP NL 914 41% 2.4% 12.8% 5.3% 6.5% 30% 0.80 1.04 78% 14% 6.4% 14% 135 16 12%
1990 35 SDP NL 918 39% 1.4% 13.8% 5.1% 6.0% 26% 0.76 0.90 79% 19% 3.8% 16% 143 16 11%
1991 36 SDP NL 337 42% 3.9% 11.9% 5.0% 8.0% 29% 0.89 1.31 77% 20% 11.0% 17% 59 10 17%
15 Yrs 9479 48% 2.2% 13.4% 7.4% 6.7% 28% 0.81 0.96 76% 16% 6.7% 26% 1630 160 10%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.9% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.5% 24% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 33 SDP NL 833 2870 3.45 1936 68% 22% 14% 29% 35% 78% 0% 53% 82% 63% 3% 25 14 26% 216 140 15 27% 26 11 13 6 0
1989 34 SDP NL 917 3030 3.30 2032 67% 21% 14% 28% 37% 79% 2% 53% 82% 63% 3% 32 16 22% 202 115 12 26% 23 10 -3 2 8
1990 35 SDP NL 922 2959 3.21 2022 68% 22% 15% 26% 37% 78% 3% 53% 80% 67% 3% 32 17 22% 205 126 17 20% 25 9 -4 1 5
1991 36 SDP NL 337 1139 3.38 770 68% 22% 13% 28% 36% 78% 3% 52% 83% 66% 3% 11 5 22% 74 48 9 23% 12 3 0 0 0
4 Yrs 3009 9998 3.32 6760 68% 22% 14% 28% 36% 78% 2% 53% 81% 64% 3% 100 52 23% 697 429 53 24% 86 33 6 9 13
MLB Averages 3.62 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
1977 22 PIT NL 66 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 23 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1978 23 PIT NL 318 66 5 0 13 3 2 2 3 25 9 8 36% 3 1 1 136 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1979 24 TOT NL 702 151 11 1 23 10 1 7 4 39 22 2 56% 11 5 4 265 25 5 83% 22 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 18 0
1979 24 PIT NL 263 53 6 1 10 5 1 4 2 9 6 0 67% 7 2 2 106 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1979 24 SFG NL 439 98 5 0 13 5 0 3 2 30 16 2 53% 4 3 2 159 18 4 82% 15 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1980 25 SFG NL 898 222 7 0 10 4 3 2 5 54 31 3 57% 20 1 0 296 26 10 72% 25 10 1 0 0 0 5 1 11 0
1981 26 SFG NL 534 130 10 1 11 8 2 4 6 28 20 3 71% 5 3 0 189 12 6 67% 10 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1982 27 CLE AL 467 91 6 0 21 2 4 3 3 38 22 4 58% 6 4 1 184 17 2 89% 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 17 0
1983 28 SDP NL 617 143 23 0 4 10 13 14 9 20 13 2 65% 5 2 1 206 16 5 76% 16 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1984 29 SDP NL 773 181 16 0 4 7 9 9 7 38 23 5 61% 11 3 3 274 16 7 70% 16 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 0
1985 30 NYY AL 705 201 19 0 9 8 11 7 12 34 21 2 62% 12 1 0 272 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1986 31 TOT MLB 526 139 13 0 13 6 7 5 8 43 26 5 60% 9 3 0 211 13 4 76% 13 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1986 31 NYY AL 189 54 5 0 3 2 3 3 2 16 10 1 63% 4 2 0 86 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1986 31 SDP NL 337 85 8 0 10 4 4 2 6 27 16 4 59% 5 1 0 125 10 4 71% 10 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
1987 32 SDP NL 858 197 36 0 5 22 14 24 12 34 16 8 47% 6 2 4 271 20 7 74% 18 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 12 0
1988 33 SDP NL 846 202 28 3 17 0 9 10 7 10 7 34 22 7 65% 10 2 0 307 8 5 62% 8 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 18 0
1989 34 SDP NL 914 198 17 2 22 0 7 6 16 18 4 32 17 2 53% 13 2 1 300 8 5 62% 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
1990 35 SDP NL 918 215 34 6 13 0 14 7 6 7 6 42 18 5 43% 7 2 1 301 12 7 63% 12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1991 36 SDP NL 337 93 34 6 13 0 4 8 5 7 6 14 10 1 71% 6 1 0 118 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
15 Yrs 9479 2240 113 17 211 2 148 111 100 119 92 479 273 57 57% 124 32 16 3353 197 74 73% 182 63 15 8 0 3 13 4 171 0
MLB Averages 53% 67%
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

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+
1977 22 1 0 1.000 3.45 5 2 1 0 0 0 15.2 11 6 6 0 9 1 10 0 0 0 66 118 1.277 6.3 0.0 5.2 5.7 1.11 118
1978 23 6 6 .500 3.31 48 2 15 0 0 4 89.2 77 37 33 5 46 6 74 2 0 1 384 115 1.372 7.7 0.5 4.6 7.4 1.61 115
1979 24 13 17 .433 3.82 85 26 20 2 0 5 247.2 228 120 105 16 121 15 167 7 2 6 1086 97 1.409 8.3 0.6 4.4 6.1 1.38 97
1980 25 24 30 .444 3.49 119 60 20 8 2 5 459.1 450 208 178 23 177 22 257 11 3 7 1984 104 1.365 8.8 0.5 3.5 5.0 1.45 104
1981 26 30 39 .435 3.60 141 82 20 10 3 5 582.1 580 269 233 33 224 27 322 13 5 10 2518 100 1.381 9.0 0.5 3.5 5.0 1.44 100
1982 27 34 41 .453 3.55 181 91 38 11 4 7 690.0 671 312 272 39 282 30 383 13 6 14 2985 104 1.381 8.8 0.5 3.7 5.0 1.36 104
1983 28 39 48 .448 3.68 212 112 42 13 4 8 834.1 814 385 341 62 332 31 464 14 6 16 3602 99 1.374 8.8 0.7 3.6 5.0 1.40 99
1984 29 53 56 .486 3.60 243 143 42 14 4 8 1023.1 995 457 409 78 374 32 567 17 7 19 4375 101 1.338 8.8 0.7 3.3 5.0 1.52 101
1985 30 63 64 .496 3.77 273 173 42 16 6 8 1182.0 1196 557 495 97 417 32 656 19 7 20 5080 98 1.365 9.1 0.7 3.2 5.0 1.57 98
1986 31 69 73 .486 3.98 304 189 48 16 6 8 1294.2 1335 642 573 110 477 33 729 19 7 23 5606 93 1.400 9.3 0.8 3.3 5.1 1.53 93
1987 32 79 86 .479 4.09 340 223 48 19 7 8 1500.1 1532 755 681 146 541 36 864 22 8 25 6464 92 1.382 9.2 0.9 3.2 5.2 1.60 92
1988 33 92 97 .487 4.05 374 256 48 22 8 8 1705.2 1734 848 767 163 586 37 982 23 10 27 7310 92 1.360 9.1 0.9 3.1 5.2 1.68 92
1989 34 108 108 .500 3.88 407 289 48 27 9 8 1932.2 1932 925 834 185 634 43 1099 28 13 29 8224 95 1.328 9.0 0.9 3.0 5.1 1.73 95
1990 35 122 117 .510 3.75 439 321 48 33 12 8 2161.1 2147 998 900 198 681 51 1226 29 13 31 9142 99 1.308 8.9 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.80 99
1991 36 126 123 .506 3.79 452 333 48 35 12 8 2240.0 2240 1045 944 211 698 54 1266 29 14 32 9479 98 1.312 9.0 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.81 98

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
1977 22 1 0 1.000 3.60 15.0 11 7 6 0 9 10 0 1.333 6.6 5.4 6.0 1.11 0.0 5
1978 23 4 3 .571 3.73 70.0 68 32 29 5 38 61 2 1.514 8.7 4.9 7.8 1.61 0.6 43
1979 24 7 10 .412 4.47 155.0 156 86 77 11 77 91 5 1.503 9.1 4.5 5.3 1.18 0.6 37
1980 25 12 10 .545 3.65 200.0 234 90 81 7 59 85 4 1.465 10.5 2.7 3.8 1.44 0.3 34
1981 26 7 12 .368 5.08 172.0 212 108 97 16 77 91 3 1.680 11.1 4.0 4.8 1.18 0.8 22
1982 27 6 5 .545 3.43 105.0 93 44 40 6 59 59 0 1.448 8.0 5.1 5.1 1.00 0.5 40
1983 28 6 9 .400 5.06 137.0 151 86 77 24 53 77 1 1.489 9.9 3.5 5.1 1.45 1.6 31
1984 29 10 9 .526 3.72 179.0 189 82 74 17 44 98 3 1.302 9.5 2.2 4.9 2.23 0.9 31
1985 30 6 10 .375 5.52 150.0 208 102 92 20 44 84 2 1.680 12.5 2.6 5.0 1.91 1.2 30
1986 31 3 8 .273 7.07 107.0 144 93 84 13 62 69 0 1.925 12.1 5.2 5.8 1.11 1.1 31
1987 32 8 13 .381 4.95 198.0 198 121 109 36 64 130 3 1.323 9.0 2.9 5.9 2.03 1.6 36
1988 33 9 12 .429 4.62 193.0 217 110 99 18 48 111 1 1.373 10.1 2.2 5.2 2.31 0.8 34
1989 34 15 9 .625 3.13 216.0 210 83 75 23 51 111 5 1.208 8.8 2.1 4.6 2.18 1.0 33
1990 35 16 8 .667 2.86 217.0 219 77 69 13 48 120 1 1.230 9.1 2.0 5.0 2.50 0.5 32
1991 36 3 5 .375 5.52 75.0 95 51 46 13 17 38 0 1.493 11.4 2.0 4.6 2.24 1.6 13
15 Yrs 113 123 .479 4.34 2189.0 2405 1172 1055 222 750 1235 30 1.441 9.9 5.1 1.65 0.9 452

* 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
1980

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1989 NL  6.4 (8th)
1990 NL  6.8 (4th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1989 NL  6.3 (2nd)
1990 NL  6.7 (1st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 NL  3.10 (8th)
1989 NL  2.66 (4th)
1990 NL  2.60 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1984 NL  14 (9th)
1989 NL  16 (6th)
1990 NL  14 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1984 NL  .636 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1984 NL  1.180 (10th)
1987 NL  1.269 (10th)
1989 NL  1.084 (6th)
1990 NL  1.146 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  2.381 (9th)
1984 NL  2.000 (3rd)
1987 NL  2.801 (10th)
1988 NL  1.972 (6th)
1989 NL  1.903 (4th)
1990 NL  1.850 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1990 NL  228.7 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1980 NL  34 (9th)
1987 NL  34 (8th)
1989 NL  33 (7th)
Career  333 (217th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1990 NL  6 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1985 AL  2 (9th)
1990 NL  3 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  23 (3rd)
1987 NL  36 (1st)
1989 NL  22 (3rd)
Career  211 (179th)

Hits s c a p y
1990 NL  215 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  2.452 (9th)
1990 NL  2.702 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  0.298 (1st)
1990 NL  0.512 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1980 NL  13 (9th)
1981 NL  9 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  108 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL  5 (10th)
1980 NL  4 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1990 NL  918 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 NL  114 (10th)
1989 NL  133 (4th)
1990 NL  148 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1989 NL  21 (4th)
1990 NL  32 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1989 NL  2.4 (4th)
1990 NL  3.5 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1989 NL  21.41 (9th)
1990 NL  33.04 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1990 NL  3.0 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1990 NL  2.9 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1989 NL  2.4 (9th)
1990 NL  3.6 (2nd)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 49 (527), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Pat Dobson (947)
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  8. Buddy Black (944)
  9. Dick Ruthven (941)
  10. Woody Williams (940)
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  5. Ken McBride (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Rigney (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Colborn (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Krukow (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Krukow (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kirk McCaskill (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mike Krukow (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joaquin Andujar (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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