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Milt Wilcox

Milton Edward Wilcox

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 20, 1950 in Honolulu, HI
High School: Crooked Oak HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1970
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Cubs/Reds/Mariners 1970-1986

Final Game: June 12, 1986
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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
1970 20 CIN NL 3 1 .750 2.42 5 2 1 1 1 1 22.1 19 6 6 2 7 0 13 1 1 0 92 176 1.164 7.7 0.8 2.8 5.2 1.86
1971 21 CIN NL 2 2 .500 3.32 18 3 4 0 0 1 43.1 43 22 16 2 17 2 21 2 1 1 187 99 1.385 8.9 0.4 3.5 4.4 1.24
1972 22 CLE AL 7 14 .333 3.40 32 27 2 4 2 0 156.0 145 67 59 18 72 11 90 5 1 0 669 95 1.391 8.4 1.0 4.2 5.2 1.25
1973 23 CLE AL 8 10 .444 5.83 26 19 2 4 0 0 134.1 143 90 87 14 68 9 82 8 0 7 600 68 1.571 9.6 0.9 4.6 5.5 1.21
1974 24 CLE AL 2 2 .500 4.67 41 2 30 1 0 4 71.1 74 42 37 10 24 4 33 5 1 2 309 78 1.374 9.3 1.3 3.0 4.2 1.38
1975 25 CHC NL 0 1 .000 5.63 25 0 6 0 0 0 38.1 50 27 24 4 17 2 21 1 0 1 178 68 1.748 11.7 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.24
1977 27 DET AL 6 2 .750 3.64 20 13 4 1 0 0 106.1 96 46 43 13 37 1 82 1 1 1 441 118 1.251 8.1 1.1 3.1 6.9 2.22
1978 28 DET AL 13 12 .520 3.76 29 27 0 16 2 0 215.1 208 94 90 22 68 2 132 8 0 6 907 103 1.282 8.7 0.9 2.8 5.5 1.94
1979 29 DET AL 12 10 .545 4.35 33 29 1 7 0 0 196.1 201 105 95 18 73 8 109 11 0 4 854 100 1.396 9.2 0.8 3.3 5.0 1.49
1980 30 DET AL 13 11 .542 4.48 32 31 1 13 1 0 198.2 201 112 99 24 68 5 97 6 0 5 854 92 1.354 9.1 1.1 3.1 4.4 1.43
1981 31 DET AL 12 9 .571 3.03 24 24 0 8 1 0 166.1 152 61 56 10 52 3 79 6 0 4 686 125 1.226 8.2 0.5 2.8 4.3 1.52
1982 32 DET AL 12 10 .545 3.62 29 29 0 9 1 0 193.2 187 91 78 18 85 5 112 7 1 5 833 112 1.404 8.7 0.8 4.0 5.2 1.32
1983 33 DET AL 11 10 .524 3.97 26 26 0 9 2 0 186.0 164 89 82 19 74 6 101 4 2 10 775 99 1.280 7.9 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.36
1984 34 DET AL 17 8 .680 4.00 33 33 0 0 0 0 193.2 183 99 86 13 66 5 119 8 2 3 814 98 1.286 8.5 0.6 3.1 5.5 1.80
1985 35 DET AL 1 3 .250 4.85 8 8 0 0 0 0 39.0 51 24 21 6 14 2 20 0 0 2 177 85 1.667 11.8 1.4 3.2 4.6 1.43
1986 36 SEA AL 0 8 .000 5.50 13 10 2 0 0 0 55.2 74 38 34 11 28 1 26 1 1 0 259 77 1.832 12.0 1.8 4.5 4.2 0.93
16 Yrs 119 113 .513 4.07 394 283 53 73 10 6 2016.2 1991 1013 913 204 770 66 1137 74 11 51 8635 97 1.369 8.9 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.48
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .513 4.07 40 28 5 7 1 1 203 200 102 92 20 77 7 114 7 1 5 867 97 1.369 8.9 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.48
DET (9 yrs) 97 75 .564 3.91 234 220 6 63 7 0 1495.1 1443 721 650 143 537 37 851 51 6 40 6341 103 1.324 8.7 0.9 3.2 5.1 1.58
CLE (3 yrs) 17 26 .395 4.55 99 48 34 9 2 4 361.2 362 199 183 42 164 24 205 18 2 9 1578 79 1.454 9.0 1.0 4.1 5.1 1.25
CIN (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 3.02 23 5 5 1 1 2 65.2 62 28 22 4 24 2 34 3 2 1 279 120 1.310 8.5 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.42
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.63 25 0 6 0 0 0 38.1 50 27 24 4 17 2 21 1 0 1 178 68 1.748 11.7 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.24
SEA (1 yr) 0 8 .000 5.50 13 10 2 0 0 0 55.2 74 38 34 11 28 1 26 1 1 0 259 77 1.832 12.0 1.8 4.5 4.2 0.93
AL (13 yrs) 114 109 .511 4.08 346 278 42 72 9 4 1912.2 1879 958 867 196 729 62 1082 70 9 49 8178 97 1.364 8.8 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.48
NL (3 yrs) 5 4 .556 3.98 48 5 11 1 1 2 104.0 112 55 46 8 41 4 55 4 2 2 457 93 1.471 9.7 0.7 3.5 4.8 1.34

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
1970 20 CIN NL 22.1 5 2 6 2.42 4.68 0.17 -0.03 97.8 4.38 5 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.7 7 .601 .503 $
1971 21 CIN NL 43.1 18 3 22 4.57 4.04 0.36 -0.09 95.4 3.43 -6 -0.7 1.1 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .463 .496 $
1972 22 CLE AL 156.0 32 27 67 3.87 3.47 0.31 0.04 103.7 3.32 -8 -1.0 1.4 -0.1 0.2 3 .469 .494 $12,750
1973 23 CLE AL 134.1 26 19 90 6.03 4.32 -0.33 0.05 103.2 4.85 -19 -1.9 .9 -0.1 -0.8 -3 .428 .488 $16,000
1974 24 CLE AL 71.1 41 2 42 5.30 4.23 0.23 -0.29 100.1 3.71 -13 -1.4 1.3 -0.3 -1.0 -5 .467 .492 $
1975 25 CHC NL 38.1 25 0 27 6.34 4.11 -0.55 -0.33 107.8 4.66 -7 -0.8 .5 0.1 -0.3 -4 .468 .495 $
1977 27 DET AL 106.1 20 13 46 3.89 4.49 -0.08 0.04 105.5 4.86 11 1.2 .9 -0.1 2.0 23 .561 .507 $
1978 28 DET AL 215.1 29 27 94 3.93 4.26 0.11 0.12 102.7 4.38 11 1.3 1.8 -0.1 3.0 33 .544 .508 $
1979 29 DET AL 196.1 33 29 105 4.81 4.61 -0.04 0.11 103.0 4.91 2 0.2 1.5 -0.1 1.8 25 .506 .501 $
1980 30 DET AL 198.2 32 31 112 5.07 4.54 -0.12 0.14 101.6 4.88 -5 -0.5 5.5 -0.1 1.0 17 .483 .497 $
1981 31 DET AL 166.1 24 24 61 3.30 4.06 0.59 0.13 102.5 3.69 7 0.8 -0.1 2.1 18 .535 .505 $
1982 32 DET AL 193.2 29 29 91 4.23 4.59 0.48 0.16 98.0 4.19 0 0.0 -0.1 1.5 19 .500 .500 $
1983 33 DET AL 186.0 26 26 89 4.31 4.38 0.50 0.14 98.0 3.94 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.6 12 .469 .495 $
1984 34 DET AL 193.2 33 33 99 4.60 4.43 0.33 0.14 99.0 4.20 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.7 12 .476 .495 $
1985 35 DET AL 39.0 8 8 24 5.54 4.45 0.26 0.15 96.3 4.18 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .429 .497 $550,000
1986 36 SEA AL 55.2 13 10 38 6.14 4.74 -0.60 0.10 99.0 5.38 -5 -0.5 2.6 -0.1 -0.1 1 .463 .497 $150,000
16 Seasons 2016.2 394 283 1013 4.52 4.33 0.16 0.09 101.2 4.31 -47 -4.8 1.1 -1.4 10.7 154 .488 .498 $728,750
DET (9 yrs) 1495.1 234 220 721 4.34 4.42 0.23 0.13 100.9 4.37 6 0.9 1.5 -0.8 12.4 157 .504 .501 $550,000
CLE (3 yrs) 361.2 99 48 199 4.95 3.94 0.06 -0.02 102.8 3.97 -39 -4.2 1.2 -0.5 -1.6 -6 .457 .491 $28,750
CIN (2 yrs) 65.2 23 5 28 3.84 4.26 0.30 -0.07 96.2 3.75 -1 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.3 5 .493 .500 $
CHC (1 yr) 38.1 25 0 27 6.34 4.11 -0.55 -0.33 107.8 4.66 -7 -0.8 .5 0.1 -0.3 -4 .468 .495 $
SEA (1 yr) 55.2 13 10 38 6.14 4.74 -0.60 0.10 99.0 5.38 -5 -0.5 2.6 -0.1 -0.1 1 .463 .497 $150,000

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
1970 20 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 12 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 15.0 2.50
1970 20 CIN NL WS L BAL 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1984 34 DET AL ALCS W KCR 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 28 0.500 2.3 0.0 2.3 9.0 4.00
1984 34 DET AL WS W SDP 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 27 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
2 Yrs (4 Series) 3 1 .750 1.42 5 2 0 0 0 0 19.0 13 3 3 0 6 0 19 0 0 0 76 1.000 6.2 0.0 2.8 9.0 3.17
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 28 0.500 2.3 0.0 2.3 9.0 4.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 12 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 15.0 2.50
2 WS 1 1 .500 3.38 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 10 3 3 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 36 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 6.8 3.00

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
1970 20 CIN NL 5 92 83 6 19 1 0 2 0 0 7 13 .229 .297 .313 .610 .250 26 2 1 1 0 0 0
1971 21 CIN NL 18 187 160 22 43 7 1 2 2 2 17 21 .269 .343 .363 .705 .295 58 5 2 6 2 2 4
1972 22 CLE AL 32 669 578 67 145 21 5 18 8 7 72 90 .251 .336 .398 .734 .267 230 13 5 9 5 11 9
1973 23 CLE AL 26 600 520 90 143 31 2 14 14 5 68 82 .275 .366 .423 .789 .303 220 11 8 2 2 9 2
1974 24 CLE AL 41 309 273 42 74 10 1 10 3 2 24 33 .271 .339 .425 .764 .276 116 11 5 5 2 4 7
1975 25 CHC NL 25 178 155 27 50 9 1 4 6 1 17 21 .323 .389 .471 .860 .348 73 5 1 3 2 2 1
1977 27 DET AL 20 441 399 46 96 13 1 13 9 7 37 82 .241 .305 .376 .681 .271 150 9 1 2 2 1 4
1978 28 DET AL 29 907 816 94 208 39 6 22 9 10 68 132 .255 .317 .398 .715 .279 325 16 8 11 4 2 7
1979 29 DET AL 33 854 752 105 201 38 5 18 14 9 73 109 .267 .338 .403 .741 .289 303 16 11 10 8 8 11
1980 30 DET AL 32 854 766 112 201 37 6 24 14 3 68 97 .262 .325 .420 .745 .271 322 16 6 7 7 5 12
1981 31 DET AL 24 686 615 61 152 21 3 10 10 13 52 79 .247 .310 .340 .650 .267 209 15 6 8 5 3 8
1982 32 DET AL 29 833 729 91 187 34 1 18 9 10 85 112 .257 .338 .380 .718 .280 277 23 7 7 5 5 13
1983 33 DET AL 26 775 692 89 164 20 6 19 6 6 74 101 .237 .313 .366 .679 .252 253 14 4 2 3 6 6
1984 34 DET AL 33 813 726 99 183 43 2 13 5 6 66 119 .252 .318 .371 .688 .282 269 23 8 5 9 5 16
1985 35 DET AL 8 177 162 24 51 9 2 6 1 1 14 20 .315 .369 .506 .875 .331 82 5 0 1 0 2 2
1986 36 SEA AL 13 259 226 38 74 14 2 11 5 3 28 26 .327 .399 .553 .952 .328 125 7 1 1 3 1 1
16 Yrs 394 8634 7652 1013 1991 347 44 204 115 85 770 1137 .260 .331 .397 .728 .281 3038 191 74 80 59 66 103
162 Game Avg. 40 867 769 102 200 35 4 20 12 9 77 114 .260 .331 .397 .728 .281 305 19 7 8 6 7 10
MLB Averages .258 .324 .381 .705 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 20 CIN NL 4.7 0.5 93 0.5 1.4 -0.9 .84 0.6 0.1 6.5 0.7 0.84 6.2 0 2 1
1971 21 CIN NL -2.0 -0.2 192 -0.5 2.8 -3.3 1.01 0.1 -0.6 -2.9 -0.3 1.01 -0.8 5 1 9
1972 22 CLE AL -2.3 -0.3 689 -1.2 12.4 -13.6 1.12 -1.8 0.7 -5.1 -0.6 1.12 -16.2 1 1 3
1973 23 CLE AL -23.1 -2.2 630 -1.7 9.1 -10.8 .94 -1.3 -0.5 -17.8 -1.7 0.94 -14.1 2 1 4
1974 24 CLE AL -8.1 -0.8 320 -0.7 3.5 -4.2 .71 -0.8 -0.1 -12.7 -1.3 0.71 -14.5 12 6 18
1975 25 CHC NL -6.9 -0.7 187 -0.3 1.0 -1.2 .34 -0.7 -0.1 -8.0 -0.8 0.34 -7.7 3 3 19
1977 27 DET AL 8.2 0.8 461 1.1 8.5 -7.4 1.02 0.6 0.5 11.3 1.1 1.02 7.7 1 2 3
1978 28 DET AL 6.3 0.6 932 0.7 15.0 -14.3 .95 1.1 -0.3 15.0 1.6 0.95 11.5 1 0 1
1979 29 DET AL 0.7 0.1 885 0.2 16.4 -16.2 1.14 -0.3 0.5 -0.0 -0.0 1.14 -2.3 2 1 1
1980 30 DET AL -8.3 -0.8 885 -1.8 13.2 -15.0 .91 -0.7 -1.3 -12.0 -1.2 0.91 -9.3 1 0 0
1981 31 DET AL 14.1 1.5 716 2.1 13.9 -11.8 1.11 1.1 0.7 16.6 1.8 1.11 13.7 0 0 0
1982 32 DET AL 6.9 0.7 856 -0.3 15.7 -16.1 1.07 -0.2 -0.1 6.1 0.6 1.07 -0.9 0 0 0
1983 33 DET AL -0.1 -0.0 805 1.0 14.3 -13.4 1.02 1.3 -0.3 8.0 0.8 1.02 13.6 0 0 0
1984 34 DET AL -3.0 -0.3 834 0.4 13.8 -13.4 .96 0.9 -0.5 2.1 0.2 0.96 9.2 0 0 0
1985 35 DET AL -3.6 -0.4 183 0.0 3.2 -3.2 1.03 -0.5 0.5 -2.0 -0.2 1.03 -5.1 0 0 0
1986 36 SEA AL -7.7 -0.7 270 -1.2 4.4 -5.6 1.00 -1.7 0.5 -10.2 -1.0 1.00 -17.7 2 1 0
16 Yrs -24.1 -2.2 8938 -1.7 148.7 -150.4 .99 -2.5 0.8 -5.2 -0.2 0.99 -26.7 30 18 59

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
1970 20 CIN NL 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 1 1 1 50% 62.5 79 46 2 2 1 1 6.4 4.2 7.0
1971 21 CIN NL 18 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 2 67% 43.0 51 31 7 2 1 2 2.3 2.4 5.4
1972 22 CLE AL 32 27 7 13 7 1 3 9 18 .333 1 4 4 2 11 41% 50.8 88 22 19 5 13 6 2.7 3.0 5.4
1973 23 CLE AL 26 19 8 9 2 6 1 9 10 .474 2 2 4 0 3 16% 43.8 76 19 25 13 7 8 4.8 5.5 6.0
1974 24 CLE AL 41 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0% 27.0 32 22 7 1 2 0 5.8 9.0 4.5
1977 27 DET AL 20 13 5 2 6 1 0 9 4 .692 2 1 1 0 5 38% 51.8 74 33 10 5 6 3 4.7 4.4 6.4
1978 28 DET AL 29 27 13 11 3 4 3 15 12 .556 0 3 16 2 14 52% 55.4 83 22 19 11 1 13 4.3 4.7 7.8
1979 29 DET AL 33 29 11 10 8 0 4 12 17 .414 2 4 7 0 16 55% 49.6 79 20 33 12 3 11 4.2 4.1 6.3
1980 30 DET AL 32 31 12 11 8 3 4 17 14 .548 0 9 13 1 14 45% 48.7 80 16 11 3 6 9 6.0 5.4 6.4
1981 31 DET AL 24 24 12 9 3 2 3 15 9 .625 1 0 8 1 15 63% 55.6 80 22 20 7 7 7 3.5 3.8 6.9
1982 32 DET AL 29 29 12 10 7 2 3 15 14 .517 1 3 9 1 13 45% 52.2 89 27 22 6 5 6 5.0 5.0 6.7
1983 33 DET AL 26 26 11 10 5 2 1 15 11 .577 2 2 9 2 13 50% 53.1 93 11 15 10 5 9 4.7 4.6 7.2
1984 34 DET AL 33 33 17 8 8 0 1 23 10 .697 1 5 0 0 19 58% 50.7 80 16 21 11 4 9 6.0 5.8 5.9
1985 35 DET AL 8 8 1 3 4 1 0 2 6 .250 2 0 0 0 1 13% 43.4 62 25 7 5 1 2 4.2 5.7 4.9
1986 36 SEA AL 13 10 0 7 3 0 1 3 7 .300 1 0 0 0 2 20% 42.9 63 20 13 4 1 3 2.7 2.4 4.9
15 Yrs 369 283 112 106 65 24 25 147 136 .519 15 35 73 10 129 46% 51 93 11 231 97 63 89 4.6 4.6 6.4
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 109 -13 4.2 4.2 6.4

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
1970 20 CIN NL 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 4 .844 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 8.3
1971 21 CIN NL 18 15 4 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 9 3 33% 6 1.012 5 1 9 4 2 9 6 9 8 4 9 1 5.4
1972 22 CLE AL 32 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 1.122 1 1 3 0 1 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 5.4
1973 23 CLE AL 26 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 1 .940 2 1 4 0 2 5 3 4 4 1 4 0 8.9
1974 24 CLE AL 41 39 30 1 1 6 4 2 67% 8 2 47 14 30% 8 .712 12 6 18 11 2 26 23 16 23 10 24 4 4.8
1975 25 CHC NL 25 25 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 17 6 35% 7 .339 3 3 19 1 1 23 11 14 12 7 13 6 4.6
1977 27 DET AL 20 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 5 1.019 1 2 3 0 2 5 4 3 6 0 6 0 9.7
1978 28 DET AL 29 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 .951 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.0
1979 29 DET AL 33 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 3 1.136 2 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 0 10.0
1980 30 DET AL 32 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 9 .913 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1986 36 SEA AL 13 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 1.000 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 7.0
11 Yrs 274 111 53 7 7 9 6 3 67% 13 4 105 35 33% .969 30 18 59 20 13 78 56 55 68 24 71 11 5.8

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%
1970 20 CIN NL 92 61% 2.2% 14.1% 7.6% 3.3% 16% 1.70 74% 12 2 17%
1971 21 CIN NL 187 58% 1.1% 11.2% 9.1% 5.4% 23% 1.39 74% 42 5 12%
1972 22 CLE AL 669 58% 2.7% 13.5% 10.8% 6.6% 30% 0.83 71% 131 13 10%
1973 23 CLE AL 600 55% 2.3% 13.7% 11.3% 7.8% 33% 1.29 71% 108 11 10%
1974 24 CLE AL 309 56% 3.2% 10.7% 7.8% 6.8% 28% 1.35 75% 65 11 17%
1975 25 CHC NL 178 57% 2.3% 11.8% 9.6% 7.9% 28% 1.51 74% 36 5 14%
1977 27 DET AL 441 55% 3.0% 18.6% 8.4% 6.1% 28% 0.92 69% 76 9 12%
1978 28 DET AL 907 54% 2.4% 14.6% 7.5% 7.4% 32% 1.15 73% 145 16 11%
1979 29 DET AL 854 50% 2.1% 12.8% 8.6% 7.1% 30% 1.18 74% 184 16 9%
1980 30 DET AL 854 46% 2.8% 11.4% 8.0% 7.9% 33% 0.96 76% 136 16 12%
1981 31 DET AL 686 44% 1.5% 11.5% 7.6% 5.0% 22% 1.42 77% 122 15 12%
1982 32 DET AL 833 51% 2.2% 13.5% 10.2% 6.4% 28% 1.38 73% 159 23 14%
1983 33 DET AL 775 47% 2.5% 13.0% 9.6% 5.8% 27% 1.06 74% 123 14 11%
1984 34 DET AL 814 45% 1.6% 14.6% 8.1% 7.1% 32% 0.95 74% 159 23 14%
1985 35 DET AL 177 51% 3.4% 11.3% 7.9% 9.6% 33% 1.07 77% 30 5 17%
1986 36 SEA AL 259 44% 4.3% 10.0% 10.8% 10.4% 37% 0.89 74% 52 7 13%
16 Yrs 8635 51% 2.4% 13.2% 8.9% 6.9% 30% 1.12 74% 1580 191 12%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 13.6% 8.6% 6.4% 28% 1.09 74% 11%

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
1970 20 CIN NL 92 19 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 21 CIN NL 187 43 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 11 10 0 91% 4 1 0 80 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1972 22 CLE AL 669 145 18 0 10 11 7 10 8 27 14 0 52% 9 0 1 245 8 7 53% 8 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 0
1973 23 CLE AL 600 143 14 0 7 9 5 8 6 32 14 8 44% 2 7 2 242 14 5 74% 14 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 14 0
1974 24 CLE AL 309 74 10 0 17 2 8 7 3 20 13 3 65% 7 2 1 129 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1975 25 CHC NL 178 50 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 14 6 4 43% 1 1 0 78 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1977 27 DET AL 441 96 13 1 7 7 6 8 5 17 8 4 47% 4 1 1 158 9 7 56% 9 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0
1978 28 DET AL 907 208 22 1 17 14 8 11 11 41 22 6 54% 7 6 0 308 9 10 47% 9 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0
1979 29 DET AL 854 201 18 0 22 5 13 7 11 54 29 7 54% 11 4 2 332 14 9 61% 13 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 0
1980 30 DET AL 854 201 24 0 18 12 12 15 9 47 25 6 53% 12 5 1 295 14 3 82% 13 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
1981 31 DET AL 686 152 10 0 9 4 6 6 4 26 15 2 58% 8 4 0 248 10 13 43% 8 11 2 2 0 0 2 1 11 0
1982 32 DET AL 833 187 18 1 16 12 6 10 8 37 23 3 62% 13 5 1 325 9 10 47% 8 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1983 33 DET AL 775 164 19 1 13 8 11 10 9 29 14 2 48% 6 10 2 250 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 2 21 0
1984 34 DET AL 813 183 13 1 21 10 3 6 7 44 25 4 57% 16 3 2 300 5 6 45% 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 19 1
1985 35 DET AL 177 51 6 0 5 4 2 6 0 6 2 1 33% 2 2 0 63 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 36 SEA AL 259 74 11 0 4 3 8 4 7 10 7 0 70% 1 0 1 104 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
16 Yrs 8634 1991 204 5 175 107 97 112 92 415 227 50 55% 103 51 14 3190 115 85 58% 108 75 7 9 0 1 20 3 167 1
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1970 20 3 1 .750 2.42 5 2 1 1 1 1 22.1 19 6 6 2 7 0 13 1 1 0 92 176 1.164 7.7 0.8 2.8 5.2 1.86 176
1971 21 5 3 .625 3.02 23 5 5 1 1 2 65.2 62 28 22 4 24 2 34 3 2 1 279 120 1.310 8.5 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.42 120
1972 22 12 17 .414 3.29 55 32 7 5 3 2 221.2 207 95 81 22 96 13 124 8 3 1 948 102 1.367 8.4 0.9 3.9 5.0 1.29 102
1973 23 20 27 .426 4.25 81 51 9 9 3 2 356.0 350 185 168 36 164 22 206 16 3 8 1548 84 1.444 8.8 0.9 4.1 5.2 1.26 84
1974 24 22 29 .431 4.32 122 53 39 10 3 6 427.1 424 227 205 46 188 26 239 21 4 10 1857 83 1.432 8.9 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.27 83
1975 25 22 30 .423 4.43 147 53 45 10 3 6 465.2 474 254 229 50 205 28 260 22 4 11 2035 82 1.458 9.2 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.27 82
1976 26 22 30 .423 4.43 147 53 45 10 3 6 465.2 474 254 229 50 205 28 260 22 4 11 2035 82 1.458 9.2 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.27 82
1977 27 28 32 .467 4.28 167 66 49 11 3 6 572.0 570 300 272 63 242 29 342 23 5 12 2476 87 1.420 9.0 1.0 3.8 5.4 1.41 87
1978 28 41 44 .482 4.14 196 93 49 27 5 6 787.1 778 394 362 85 310 31 474 31 5 18 3383 91 1.382 8.9 1.0 3.5 5.4 1.53 91
1979 29 53 54 .495 4.18 229 122 50 34 5 6 983.2 979 499 457 103 383 39 583 42 5 22 4237 93 1.385 9.0 0.9 3.5 5.3 1.52 93
1980 30 66 65 .504 4.23 261 153 51 47 6 6 1182.1 1180 611 556 127 451 44 680 48 5 27 5091 93 1.379 9.0 1.0 3.4 5.2 1.51 93
1981 31 78 74 .513 4.08 285 177 51 55 7 6 1348.2 1332 672 612 137 503 47 759 54 5 31 5777 96 1.361 8.9 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.51 96
1982 32 90 84 .517 4.03 314 206 51 64 8 6 1542.1 1519 763 690 155 588 52 871 61 6 36 6610 98 1.366 8.9 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.48 98
1983 33 101 94 .518 4.02 340 232 51 73 10 6 1728.1 1683 852 772 174 662 58 972 65 8 46 7385 98 1.357 8.8 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.47 98
1984 34 118 102 .536 4.02 373 265 51 73 10 6 1922.0 1866 951 858 187 728 63 1091 73 10 49 8199 98 1.350 8.7 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.50 98
1985 35 119 105 .531 4.03 381 273 51 73 10 6 1961.0 1917 975 879 193 742 65 1111 73 10 51 8376 97 1.356 8.8 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.50 97
1986 36 119 113 .513 4.07 394 283 53 73 10 6 2016.2 1991 1013 913 204 770 66 1137 74 11 51 8635 97 1.369 8.9 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.48 97

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
1970 20 1 1 .500 2.45 22.0 18 7 6 2 7 13 1 1.136 7.4 2.9 5.3 1.86 0.8 5
1971 21 2 2 .500 4.50 40.0 47 22 20 2 19 19 2 1.650 10.6 4.3 4.3 1.00 0.5 18
1972 22 7 9 .438 4.56 148.0 167 83 75 21 83 85 6 1.689 10.2 5.0 5.2 1.02 1.3 32
1973 23 3 10 .231 6.70 125.0 148 103 93 14 70 76 8 1.744 10.7 5.0 5.5 1.09 1.0 26
1974 24 2 5 .286 5.86 66.0 79 48 43 11 26 31 5 1.591 10.8 3.5 4.2 1.19 1.5 41
1975 25 1 3 .250 6.25 36.0 51 28 25 4 17 20 1 1.889 12.8 4.3 5.0 1.18 1.0 25
1977 27 6 5 .545 3.79 102.0 96 48 43 13 37 79 1 1.304 8.5 3.3 7.0 2.14 1.1 20
1978 28 10 12 .455 4.39 203.0 218 110 99 23 71 125 8 1.424 9.7 3.1 5.5 1.76 1.0 29
1979 29 9 12 .429 4.43 191.0 201 104 94 18 73 106 11 1.435 9.5 3.4 5.0 1.45 0.8 33
1980 30 9 12 .429 4.78 192.0 204 113 102 24 69 94 6 1.422 9.6 3.2 4.4 1.36 1.1 32
1981 31 14 12 .538 3.65 234.0 244 106 95 16 83 111 10 1.397 9.4 3.2 4.3 1.34 0.6 24
1982 32 10 10 .500 4.10 182.0 193 92 83 19 88 105 7 1.544 9.5 4.4 5.2 1.19 0.9 29
1983 33 8 11 .421 4.66 174.0 172 100 90 20 78 94 4 1.437 8.9 4.0 4.9 1.21 1.0 26
1984 34 8 12 .400 4.65 182.0 191 104 94 14 69 112 8 1.429 9.4 3.4 5.5 1.62 0.7 33
1985 35 1 3 .250 5.35 37.0 52 24 22 6 14 19 0 1.784 12.6 3.4 4.6 1.36 1.5 8
1986 36 1 4 .200 6.06 52.0 75 39 35 11 28 24 1 1.981 13.0 4.8 4.2 0.86 1.9 13
16 Yrs 92 123 .428 4.62 1986.0 2156 1131 1019 218 832 1113 79 1.505 9.8 5.0 1.34 1.0 394

* 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

Wins s c a p y
1981 AL  12 (7th)
1984 AL  17 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1984 AL  .680 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL  7.936 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  5.517 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1981 AL  166.3 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 AL  24 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 AL  16 (7th)
1980 AL  13 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  24 (10th)
Career  204 (198th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 AL  85 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1981 AL  152 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  1.941 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  0.604 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 AL  10 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1973 AL  8 (4th)
1978 AL  8 (4th)
1979 AL  11 (2nd)
1980 AL  6 (7th)
1981 AL  6 (4th)
1982 AL  7 (3rd)
1984 AL  8 (4th)
Career  74 (179th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1981 AL  686 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1981 AL  2.1 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1970 NL  born 1950-04-20 (9th)

                           

† 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 - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ken Hill (968)
  2. Dick Ruthven (959)
  3. Mike Witt (956)
  4. Mike Krukow (955)
  5. Dan Petry (951)
  6. Tony Cloninger (950)
  7. Buddy Black (949)
  8. Richard Dotson (949)
  9. Dave Goltz (947)
  10. Joaquin Andujar (946)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill Parsons (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Steve Dunning (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chad Gaudin (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jeff Russell (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Carrithers (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mark Portugal (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike LaCoss (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dustin Hermanson (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Paul Foytack (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Lynn McGlothen (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Steve Stone (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ken Hill (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ken Hill (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Mike Krukow (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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