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Bob Wickman
Robert Joe Wickman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 212 lb.

Born: February 6, 1969 in Green Bay, WI
Schools: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 24, 1992
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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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
1992 23 NYY AL 6 1 .857 4.11 8 8 0 0 0 0 50.1 51 25 23 2 20 0 21 2 0 3 213 96 1.411 9.1 0.4 3.6 3.8 1.05
1993 24 NYY AL 14 4 .778 4.63 41 19 9 1 1 4 140.0 156 82 72 13 69 7 70 5 0 2 629 90 1.607 10.0 0.8 4.4 4.5 1.01
1994 25 NYY AL 5 4 .556 3.09 53 0 19 0 0 6 70.0 54 26 24 3 27 3 56 1 0 2 286 150 1.157 6.9 0.4 3.5 7.2 2.07
1995 26 NYY AL 2 4 .333 4.05 63 1 14 0 0 1 80.0 77 38 36 6 33 3 51 5 0 2 347 114 1.375 8.7 0.7 3.7 5.7 1.55
1996 27 TOT AL 7 1 .875 4.42 70 0 18 0 0 0 95.2 106 50 47 10 44 3 75 5 0 4 429 114 1.568 10.0 0.9 4.1 7.1 1.70
1996 27 NYY AL 4 1 .800 4.67 58 0 14 0 0 0 79.0 94 41 41 7 34 1 61 5 0 3 358 107 1.620 10.7 0.8 3.9 6.9 1.79
1996 27 MIL AL 3 0 1.000 3.24 12 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 12 9 6 3 10 2 14 0 0 1 71 160 1.320 6.5 1.6 5.4 7.6 1.40
1997 28 MIL AL 7 6 .538 2.73 74 0 20 0 0 1 95.2 89 32 29 8 41 7 78 3 0 8 405 171 1.359 8.4 0.8 3.9 7.3 1.90
1998 29 MIL NL 6 9 .400 3.72 72 0 51 0 0 25 82.1 79 38 34 5 39 2 71 4 0 1 357 115 1.433 8.6 0.5 4.3 7.8 1.82
1999 30 MIL NL 3 8 .273 3.39 71 0 63 0 0 37 74.1 75 31 28 6 38 6 60 2 0 2 331 133 1.520 9.1 0.7 4.6 7.3 1.58
2000 31 TOT MLB 3 5 .375 3.10 69 0 60 0 0 30 72.2 64 30 25 1 32 5 55 1 0 2 309 151 1.321 7.9 0.1 4.0 6.8 1.72 AS
2000 31 MIL NL 2 2 .500 2.93 43 0 36 0 0 16 46.0 37 18 15 1 20 2 44 1 0 2 194 155 1.239 7.2 0.2 3.9 8.6 2.20
2000 31 CLE AL 1 3 .250 3.38 26 0 24 0 0 14 26.2 27 12 10 0 12 3 11 0 0 0 115 146 1.463 9.1 0.0 4.1 3.7 0.92
2001 32 CLE AL 5 0 1.000 2.39 70 0 56 0 0 32 67.2 61 18 18 4 14 2 66 2 0 2 270 187 1.108 8.1 0.5 1.9 8.8 4.71
2002 33 CLE AL 1 3 .250 4.46 36 0 30 0 0 20 34.1 42 22 17 3 10 0 36 1 0 0 159 98 1.515 11.0 0.8 2.6 9.4 3.60
2004 35 CLE AL 0 2 .000 4.25 30 0 21 0 0 13 29.2 33 14 14 4 10 0 26 2 0 0 129 103 1.449 10.0 1.2 3.0 7.9 2.60
2005 36 CLE AL 0 4 .000 2.47 64 0 55 0 0 45 62.0 57 17 17 9 21 3 41 1 1 0 257 170 1.258 8.3 1.3 3.0 6.0 1.95 AS,MVP-26
2006 37 TOT MLB 1 6 .143 2.67 57 0 55 0 0 33 54.0 53 22 16 2 13 0 42 1 0 1 233 168 1.222 8.8 0.3 2.2 7.0 3.23
2006 37 CLE AL 1 4 .200 4.18 29 0 29 0 0 15 28.0 29 15 13 1 11 0 17 1 0 1 126 108 1.429 9.3 0.3 3.5 5.5 1.55
2006 37 ATL NL 0 2 .000 1.04 28 0 26 0 0 18 26.0 24 7 3 1 2 0 25 0 0 0 107 428 1.000 8.3 0.3 0.7 8.7 12.50
2007 38 TOT NL 3 4 .429 3.58 57 0 40 0 0 20 50.1 54 24 20 4 21 4 37 3 1 3 232 121 1.490 9.7 0.7 3.8 6.6 1.76
2007 38 ATL NL 3 3 .500 3.92 49 0 39 0 0 20 43.2 48 22 19 4 20 4 35 2 1 2 204 109 1.557 9.9 0.8 4.1 7.2 1.75
2007 38 ARI NL 0 1 .000 1.35 8 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 28 348 1.050 8.1 0.0 1.4 2.7 2.00
15 Seasons 63 61 .508 3.57 835 28 511 1 1 267 1059.0 1051 469 420 80 432 45 785 38 2 32 4586 125 1.400 8.9 0.7 3.7 6.7 1.82
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .508 3.57 66 2 40 0 0 21 83 83 37 33 6 34 4 62 3 0 3 361 125 1.400 8.9 0.7 3.7 6.7 1.82
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
CLE (6 yrs) 8 16 .333 3.23 255 0 215 0 0 139 248.1 249 98 89 21 78 8 197 7 1 3 1056 137 1.317 9.0 0.8 2.8 7.1 2.53
NYY (5 yrs) 31 14 .689 4.21 223 28 56 1 1 11 419.1 432 212 196 31 183 14 259 18 0 12 1833 106 1.467 9.3 0.7 3.9 5.6 1.42
MIL (5 yrs) 21 25 .457 3.20 272 0 174 0 0 79 315.0 292 128 112 23 148 19 267 10 0 14 1358 142 1.397 8.3 0.7 4.2 7.6 1.80
ATL (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 2.84 77 0 65 0 0 38 69.2 72 29 22 5 22 4 60 2 1 2 311 152 1.349 9.3 0.6 2.8 7.8 2.73
ARI (1 yr) 0 1 .000 1.35 8 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 28 348 1.050 8.1 0.0 1.4 2.7 2.00
AL (12 yrs) 49 36 .576 3.69 564 28 295 1 1 151 780.0 782 351 320 63 312 31 548 28 1 24 3365 122 1.403 9.0 0.7 3.6 6.3 1.76
NL (5 yrs) 14 25 .359 3.23 271 0 216 0 0 116 279.0 269 118 100 17 120 14 237 10 1 8 1221 137 1.394 8.7 0.5 3.9 7.6 1.98

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
1995 26 NYY AL ALDS L SEA 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2001 32 CLE AL ALDS L SEA 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 1.250 11.3 0.0 0.0 11.3
2 ALDS 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 1.250 11.3 0.0 0.0 11.3

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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
1996 27 TOT AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 27 MIL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 28 MIL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 29 MIL NL 69 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 30 MIL NL 67 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 31 TOT MLB 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2000 31 MIL NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 32 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 33 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 36 CLE AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-26
2006 37 TOT MLB 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 37 CLE AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 37 ATL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 38 TOT NL 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 38 ATL NL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 38 ARI NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 275 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (5 yrs) 177 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (6 yrs) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL (2 yrs) 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 257 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 NYY AL 23 P 8 8 50.1 10 4 6 0 3 1.000 1.79 1.25 .950 1.72 0.56
1993 NYY AL 24 P 41 19 140.0 28 7 19 2 1 .929 1.67 0.63 .954 1.79 0.56
1994 NYY AL 25 P 53 0 70.0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.19 .950 1.72 0.52
1995 NYY AL 26 P 63 1 80.0 18 4 13 1 1 .944 1.91 0.27 .961 1.79 0.53
1996 TOT AL 27 P 70 0 95.2 30 6 24 0 2 1.000 2.82 0.43 .957 1.77 0.52
1996 NYY AL 27 P 58 0 79.0 28 5 23 0 2 1.000 3.19 0.48 .957 1.77 0.52
1996 MIL AL 27 P 12 0 16.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.17 .950 1.78 0.52
1997 MIL AL 28 P 74 0 95.2 20 6 14 0 4 1.000 1.88 0.27 .955 1.71 0.49
1998 MIL NL 29 P 72 0 82.1 25 10 13 2 1 .920 2.51 0.32 .964 1.85 0.54
1999 MIL NL 30 P 71 0 74.1 25 6 15 4 2 .840 2.54 0.30 .956 1.72 0.48
2000 TOT MLB 31 P 69 0 72.2 17 3 14 0 2 1.000 2.11 0.25 .959 1.70 0.47 AS
2000 MIL NL 31 P 43 0 46.0 11 2 9 0 2 1.000 2.15 0.26 .964 1.74 0.48
2000 CLE AL 31 P 26 0 26.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.02 0.23 .950 1.62 0.46
2001 CLE AL 32 P 70 0 67.2 16 8 8 0 0 1.000 2.13 0.23 .950 1.76 0.49
2002 CLE AL 33 P 36 0 34.1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1.05 0.11 .960 1.68 0.48
2004 CLE AL 35 P 30 0 29.2 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 1.82 0.20 .950 1.67 0.45
2005 CLE AL 36 P 64 0 62.0 14 7 5 2 1 .857 1.74 0.19 .957 1.68 0.46 AS,MVP-26
2006 TOT MLB 37 P 57 0 54.0 11 3 6 2 1 .818 1.50 0.16 .964 1.65 0.42
2006 CLE AL 37 P 29 0 28.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 1.61 0.17 .967 1.58 0.41
2006 ATL NL 37 P 28 0 26.0 5 0 4 1 1 .800 1.38 0.14 .960 1.73 0.43
2007 TOT NL 38 P 57 0 50.4 12 4 5 3 0 .750 1.61 0.16 .975 1.70 0.40
2007 ATL NL 38 P 49 0 43.2 8 3 3 2 0 .750 1.24 0.12 .975 1.69 0.40
2007 ARI NL 38 P 8 0 6.2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 4.05 0.38 .975 1.76 0.40
15 Seasons P 835 28 1059.0 247 75 155 17 19 .931 1.95 0.28 .957 1.74 0.49
15 Seasons TOT 835 28 1059.0 247 75 155 17 19 .931 1.95 0.28 .889 1.74 0.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2000 *
2005 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2005-AL-26-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1993 AL--.778--2nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--6.671--120th

Games Played s c a p y
1994 AL--53--1st
1995 AL--63--3rd
1997 AL--74--8th
1998 NL--72--9th
2001 AL--70--8th
Career--835--36th

Saves s c a p y
1998 NL--25--10th
1999 NL--37--5th
2001 AL--32--7th
2005 AL--45--1st
Career--267--25th

Shutouts s c a p y
1993 AL--1--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1998 NL--51--8th
1999 NL--63--2nd
2001 AL--56--4th
2005 AL--55--8th
Career--511--33rd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--125--63rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 21 (1050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 60 (208), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1990.

January 10, 1992: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Domingo Jean and Melido Perez to the New York Yankees for Steve Sax.

August 23, 1996: Traded by the New York Yankees with Gerald Williams to the Milwaukee Brewers for Pat Listach and Graeme Lloyd. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ricky Bones (August 29, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. Pat Listach returned to original team on October 2, 1996.

July 28, 2000: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Jason Bere and Steve Woodard to the Cleveland Indians for Kane Davis, Paul Rigdon and Richie Sexson. The Cleveland Indians sent Marco Scutaro (August 30, 2000) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

November 24, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 20, 2006: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Max Ramirez.

September 1, 2007: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

September 7, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1992New York Yankees$109,000
1993New York Yankees$116,000
1994New York Yankees$180,000
1995New York Yankees$220,000
1996New York Yankees$850,000
1997Milwaukee Brewers$1,216,000
1998Milwaukee Brewers$1,532,000
1999Milwaukee Brewers$3,300,000
2000Milwaukee Brewers$2,400,000
2001Cleveland Indians$2,600,000
2002Cleveland Indians$3,400,000
2003Cleveland Indians$6,000,000
2004Cleveland Indians$6,000,000
2005Cleveland Indians$2,750,000
2006Cleveland Indians$5,000,000
2007Atlanta Braves$6,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$42,173,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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