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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:23AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #568. Rick Reed… #569. Dave Dravecky… #570. Lefty Stewart… #571. ED WHITSON… #572. Paul Byrd… #573. Aaron Sele… #574. Ed Brandt… 

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
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 2 914 133 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 Seasons 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
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
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 100 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 3 647 104 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) NL 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) AL 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1977 22 PIT NL 15.2 2 6 9 0 .7 3 0.2 $
1978 23 PIT NL 74.0 0 31 42 -1 1.1 11 0.7 $
1979 24 PIT NL 57.2 7 36 33 0 1.3 -3 -0.5 $
1979 24 SFG NL 100.1 17 47 57 -5 1.1 10 1.2 $
1980 25 SFG NL 211.2 34 88 118 -5 1.0 30 3.4 $ AS
1981 26 SFG NL 123.0 22 61 66 -2 1.0 5 0.6 $
1982 27 CLE AL 107.2 9 43 68 -1 1.1 25 2.3 $
1983 28 SDP NL 144.1 21 73 74 3 .9 1 0.0 $
1984 29 SDP NL 189.0 31 72 95 4 1.0 23 2.6 $
1985 30 NYY AL 158.2 30 100 89 3 1.0 -11 -1.1 $800,000
1986 31 NYY AL 37.0 4 37 22 0 .7 -15 -1.4 $800,000
1986 31 SDP NL 75.2 12 48 44 -2 .8 -4 -0.5 $
1987 32 SDP NL 205.2 34 113 117 5 1.0 4 0.4 $800,000
1988 33 SDP NL 205.1 33 93 101 4 1.1 8 0.9 $1,000,000
1989 34 SDP NL 227.0 33 77 132 -12 .9 55 6.0 $1,050,000
1990 35 SDP NL 228.2 32 73 134 -8 1.0 61 6.5 $1,125,000
1991 36 SDP NL 78.2 12 47 39 4 .9 -8 -0.9 $1,325,000
15 Seasons 2240.0 333 1045 1240 -13 1.0 195 20.4 $6,900,000
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
SDP (8 yrs) 1354.1 208 596 736 -2 1.0 140 15.0 $5,300,000
SFG (3 yrs) 435.0 73 196 241 -12 1.0 45 5.2 $
PIT (3 yrs) 147.1 9 73 84 -1 1.1 11 0.4 $
NYY (2 yrs) 195.2 34 137 111 3 .9 -26 -2.5 $1,600,000
CLE (1 yr) 107.2 9 43 68 -1 1.1 25 2.3 $

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 Season (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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1977 22 PIT NL 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1978 23 PIT NL 43 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1979 24 TOT NL 37 55 45 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .111 .130 .111 .242 -32 5 0 0 9 0 0 1
1979 24 PIT NL 19 18 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .071 .000 .071 -79 0 0 0 4 0 0 1
1979 24 SFG NL 18 37 32 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .156 .156 .156 .313 -12 5 0 0 5 0 0 1
1980 25 SFG NL 34 76 66 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 21 .091 .104 .091 .195 -44 6 1 0 9 0 0 1 AS
1981 26 SFG NL 22 45 33 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 3 0 0 9 0 0 1
1982 27 CLE AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 28 SDP NL 31 48 44 1 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .182 .217 .182 .399 14 8 0 0 2 0 0 1
1984 29 SDP NL 36 68 61 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .049 .065 .049 .114 -68 3 0 0 6 0 0 1
1985 30 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 31 TOT MLB 31 20 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1986 31 NYY AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1986 31 SDP NL 17 20 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 3 0 0 2 0 0 11
1987 32 SDP NL 36 76 65 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .123 .136 .138 .275 -25 9 0 0 10 0 0 1
1988 33 SDP NL 34 76 66 4 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .167 .179 .212 .391 13 14 0 0 9 0 0 1
1989 34 SDP NL 36 84 72 4 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 19 .139 .195 .194 .389 12 14 1 0 7 0 0 1
1990 35 SDP NL 33 82 67 6 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 16 .149 .174 .209 .383 5 14 1 0 13 0 0 1
1991 36 SDP NL 13 27 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .125 .160 .125 .285 -19 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
15 Seasons 461 673 576 24 72 9 0 1 27 0 0 18 169 .125 .152 .146 .297 -16 84 3 0 79 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 236 202 8 25 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 59 .125 .152 .146 .297 -16 30 1 0 28 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
SDP (8 yrs) 236 481 417 18 56 9 0 1 20 0 0 13 112 .134 .160 .163 .324 -9 68 2 0 51 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 74 158 131 5 14 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 44 .107 .133 .107 .240 -31 14 1 0 23 0 0
PIT (3 yrs) 67 34 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .071 .103 .071 .175 -52 2 0 0 5 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 377 673 576 24 72 9 0 1 27 0 0 18 169 .125 .152 .146 .297 -16 84 3 0 79 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1977 22 PIT NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1978 23 PIT NL 12 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1979 24 PIT NL 18 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1979 24 SFG NL 37 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1980 25 SFG NL 76 -12 0 -1 0 0 6 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $ 1 AS
1981 26 SFG NL 45 -6 0 -1 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1983 28 SDP NL 48 -5 0 -1 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1984 29 SDP NL 68 -14 0 0 0 0 6 2 -6 -0.8 -6 -0.6 -0.2 $ 1
1986 31 SDP NL 20 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 11
1987 32 SDP NL 76 -12 -1 0 1 0 8 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $800,000 1
1988 33 SDP NL 76 -7 -1 0 1 0 6 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $1,000,000 1
1989 34 SDP NL 84 -8 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $1,050,000 1
1990 35 SDP NL 82 -8 -1 0 0 0 7 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $1,125,000 1
1991 36 SDP NL 27 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $1,325,000 1
13 Seasons 673 -89 -3 -3 2 0 56 17 -20 -3.1 -20 -2.0 -1.1 $5,300,000
SDP (8 yrs) 481 -61 -3 -1 2 0 42 13 -8 -1.5 -8 -0.8 -0.7 $5,300,000
SFG (3 yrs) 158 -23 0 -2 0 0 12 4 -9 -1.3 -9 -0.9 -0.4 $
PIT (3 yrs) 34 -5 0 0 0 0 2 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 29 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1977 PIT NL 22 P 5 15.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15 0.40 .950 1.84 1.84
1978 PIT NL 23 P 43 74.0 12 3 8 1 0 .917 1.34 0.26 .951 1.91 1.89
1979 TOT NL 24 P 37 24 2 158.0 27 4 21 2 2 .926 1.42 0.68 .951 1.80 1.80 25 5 17% 1
1979 PIT NL 24 P 19 7 0 57.2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.25 0.42 .951 1.79 1.80 7 1 13% 1
1979 SFG NL 24 P 18 17 2 100.1 19 2 15 2 1 .895 1.52 0.94 .951 1.80 1.80 18 4 18% 0
1980 SFG NL 25 P 34 211.2 38 8 27 3 0 .921 1.49 1.03 .952 1.91 1.91 AS
1981 SFG NL 26 P 22 123.0 24 10 11 3 1 .875 1.54 0.95 .959 1.97 1.98
1982 CLE AL 27 P 40 107.2 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.00 0.30 .958 1.80 1.80
1983 SDP NL 28 P 31 144.1 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.62 0.32 .952 1.92 1.91
1984 SDP NL 29 P 31 189.0 46 11 35 0 3 1.000 2.19 1.48 .954 1.88 1.87
1985 NYY AL 30 P 30 158.2 27 8 16 3 3 .889 1.36 0.80 .953 1.86 1.84
1986 TOT MLB 31 P 31 112.2 27 7 18 2 1 .926 2.00 0.81 .956 1.90 1.88
1986 SDP NL 31 P 17 75.2 21 6 13 2 1 .905 2.26 1.12 .955 1.94 1.94
1986 NYY AL 31 P 14 37.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.43 .957 1.82 1.81
1987 SDP NL 32 P 36 205.2 34 14 19 1 0 .971 1.44 0.92 .955 1.91 1.90
1988 SDP NL 33 P 34 205.1 44 10 30 4 2 .909 1.75 1.18 .955 1.96 1.96
1989 SDP NL 34 P 33 227.0 41 17 22 2 1 .951 1.55 1.18 .947 1.87 1.87
1990 SDP NL 35 P 32 228.2 60 18 42 0 3 1.000 2.36 1.88 .957 1.80 1.79
1991 SDP NL 36 P 13 78.2 14 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.60 1.08 .955 1.86 1.85
15 Seasons P 452 24 2 2240.0 418 123 274 21 16 .950 1.60 0.88 .954 1.88 1.87 25 5 17% 1
15 Seasons TOT 452 24 2 2240.0 418 123 274 21 16 .950 1.60 0.88 .954 1.88 1.87 25 5 17% 1
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  6.0 (9th)
1990 NL  6.4 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1989 NL  6.0 (3rd)
1990 NL  6.5 (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 (178th)

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  22.50 (9th)
1990 NL  33.04 (3rd)

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  2.5 (8th)
1990 NL  3.6 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1981 NL  9 (7th)
1987 NL  10 (6th)
1990 NL  13 (3rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1990 NL  42 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1990 NL  1.88 (3rd)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (524), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (959), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Joe Horlen (983)
  9. Si Johnson (982)
  10. Bob Shaw (982)
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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198530New York Yankees$800,0003/3/86 TSN; 1/7/85 TSN
198631New York Yankees$800,0001986 USA Today survey; 1/7/85 TSN
198732San Diego Padres$800,0001987 USA Today survey
198833San Diego Padres$1,000,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198934San Diego Padres$1,050,0001989 USA Today survey
199035San Diego Padres$1,125,000USA Today
199136San Diego Padres$1,325,000USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,900,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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