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Mitch Williams

Mitchell Steven Williams (Wild Thing)

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

Born: November 17, 1964 in Santa Ana, CA
High School: West Linn HS (West Linn, OR)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1986
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Phillies/Cubs/Astros/Angels/... 1986-1997
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: May 10, 1997
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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
1982	17	SDP-min	A-	3	4	.429	4.78	12	12	0	0	0	0	58.1	37	37	31	1	72	2	66	4	0	4			1.869	5.7	0.2	11.1	10.2	0.92	WWA · NORW
1983	18	SDP-min	A-,A	8	13	.381	5.51	25	25	0	3	1	0	150.1	142	107	92	5	115	0	131	8	3	23			1.710	8.5	0.3	6.9	7.8	1.14	SPO,REN · NORW,CALL
1984	19	SDP-min	A	9	8	.529	4.99	26	26	0	3	1	0	164.0	163	113	91	11	127	1	165	9	3	19			1.768	8.9	0.6	7.0	9.1	1.30	REN · CALL
1985	20	TEX-min	A,AA	8	11	.421	5.25	28	27	1	1	0	0	132.0	74	88	77	7	165	0	175	8	2	15			1.811	5.0	0.5	11.2	11.9	1.06	SAL,TUL · CARL,TL
1986	21	TEX	AL	8	6	.571	3.58	80	0	38	0	0	8	98.0	69	39	39	8	79	8	90	11	5	5	435	121	1.510	6.3	0.7	7.3	8.3	1.14
1987	22	TEX	AL	8	6	.571	3.23	85	1	32	0	0	6	108.2	63	47	39	9	94	7	129	7	2	4	469	139	1.445	5.2	0.7	7.8	10.7	1.37
1988	23	TEX	AL	2	7	.222	4.63	67	0	51	0	0	18	68.0	48	38	35	4	47	3	61	6	6	5	296	88	1.397	6.4	0.5	6.2	8.1	1.30
1989	24	CHC	NL	4	4	.500	2.76	76	0	61	0	0	36	81.2	71	27	25	6	52	4	67	8	4	6	365	138	1.506	7.8	0.7	5.7	7.4	1.29	AS,CYA-9,MVP-10
1990	25	CHC	NL	1	8	.111	3.93	59	2	39	0	0	16	66.1	60	38	29	4	50	6	55	1	2	4	310	105	1.658	8.1	0.5	6.8	7.5	1.10
1991	26	PHI	NL	12	5	.706	2.34	69	0	60	0	0	30	88.1	56	24	23	4	62	5	84	8	1	4	386	157	1.336	5.7	0.4	6.3	8.6	1.35	CYA-6
1992	27	PHI	NL	5	8	.385	3.78	66	0	56	0	0	29	81.0	69	39	34	4	64	2	74	6	3	5	368	93	1.642	7.7	0.4	7.1	8.2	1.16
1993	28	PHI	NL	3	7	.300	3.34	65	0	57	0	0	43	62.0	56	30	23	3	44	1	60	2	0	6	281	120	1.613	8.1	0.4	6.4	8.7	1.36
1994	29	HOU	NL	1	4	.200	7.65	25	0	18	0	0	6	20.0	21	17	17	4	24	2	21	1	0	1	106	53	2.250	9.5	1.8	10.8	9.5	0.88
1995	30	CAL	AL	1	2	.333	6.75	20	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	13	10	8	1	21	0	9	2	1	2	65	71	3.188	11.0	0.8	17.7	7.6	0.43

1996	31	PHI-min	AAA,A+	2	2	.500	7.43	15	0	3	0	0	0	23.0	35	23	19	3	12	1	21	1	1	0	116		2.043	13.7	1.2	4.7	8.2	1.75	SWB,CLW · IL,FLOR
1997	32	KCR-min	AAA	0	0		2.08	3	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	6	2	2	1	5	0	8	0	0	0	33		1.269	6.2	1.0	5.2	8.3	1.60	OMA · AA
1997	32	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	10.80	7	0	4	0	0	0	6.2	11	8	8	2	7	1	10	0	0	2	38	45	2.700	14.9	2.7	9.5	13.5	1.43
11 Yrs				45	58	.437	3.65	619	3	419	0	0	192	691.1	537	317	280	49	544	39	660	52	24	44	3119	111	1.564	7.0	0.6	7.1	8.6	1.21
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.437	3.65	68	0	46	0	0	21	76	59	35	31	5	59	4	72	6	3	5	341	111	1.564	7.0	0.6	7.1	8.6	1.21

PHI (3 yrs)				20	20	.500	3.11	200	0	173	0	0	102	231.1	181	93	80	11	170	8	218	16	4	15	1035	119	1.517	7.0	0.4	6.6	8.5	1.28
TEX (3 yrs)				18	19	.486	3.70	232	1	121	0	0	32	274.2	180	124	113	21	220	18	280	24	13	14	1200	117	1.456	5.9	0.7	7.2	9.2	1.27
CHC (2 yrs)				5	12	.294	3.28	135	2	100	0	0	52	148.0	131	65	54	10	102	10	122	9	6	10	675	120	1.574	8.0	0.6	6.2	7.4	1.20
KCR (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.80	7	0	4	0	0	0	6.2	11	8	8	2	7	1	10	0	0	2	38	45	2.700	14.9	2.7	9.5	13.5	1.43
CAL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	6.75	20	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	13	10	8	1	21	0	9	2	1	2	65	71	3.188	11.0	0.8	17.7	7.6	0.43
HOU (1 yr)				1	4	.200	7.65	25	0	18	0	0	6	20.0	21	17	17	4	24	2	21	1	0	1	106	53	2.250	9.5	1.8	10.8	9.5	0.88

NL (6 yrs)				26	36	.419	3.40	360	2	291	0	0	160	399.1	333	175	151	25	296	20	361	26	10	26	1816	112	1.575	7.5	0.6	6.7	8.1	1.22
AL (5 yrs)				19	22	.463	3.98	259	1	128	0	0	32	292.0	204	142	129	24	248	19	299	26	14	18	1303	110	1.548	6.3	0.7	7.6	9.2	1.21

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
1986	21	TEX	AL	98.0	80	0	39	3.58	4.67	-0.00	-0.36	103.5	4.45	9	1.0	1.4	0.0	1.8	20	.512	.506	$60,000
1987	22	TEX	AL	108.2	85	1	47	3.89	5.08	-0.13	-0.37	99.9	4.83	11	1.1	1.2	-0.0	2.0	24	.513	.507	$120,000
1988	23	TEX	AL	68.0	67	0	38	5.03	4.58	0.16	-0.37	101.7	4.12	-7	-0.7	1.7	-0.4	-0.5	0	.489	.496	$200,000
1989	24	CHC	NL	81.2	76	0	27	2.98	4.06	-0.02	-0.31	106.3	4.00	9	1.1	2.3	0.4	2.2	17	.514	.507	$377,500	AS,CYA-9,MVP-10
1990	25	CHC	NL	66.1	59	2	38	5.16	4.35	-0.43	-0.29	107.4	4.83	-4	-0.4	1.4	-0.2	-0.1	4	.493	.498	$1,125,000
1991	26	PHI	NL	88.1	69	0	24	2.45	4.16	-0.08	-0.32	99.7	3.92	14	1.6	1.8	0.5	2.8	22	.523	.510	$1,500,000	CYA-6
1992	27	PHI	NL	81.0	66	0	39	4.33	3.86	-0.13	-0.30	100.4	3.71	-6	-0.7	1.6	-0.3	-0.4	1	.489	.496	$3,200,000
1993	28	PHI	NL	62.0	65	0	30	4.35	4.49	-0.27	-0.34	98.7	4.36	-1	-0.1	1.6	-0.1	0.2	6	.498	.499	$3,500,000
1994	29	HOU	NL	20.0	25	0	17	7.65	4.59	0.22	-0.35	92.3	3.72	-9	-0.9	1.5	-0.2	-1.0	-7	.465	.495	$2,500,000
1995	30	CAL	AL	10.2	20	0	10	8.44	6.03	0.12	-0.45	99.0	5.41	-4	-0.3	1.4	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.483	.498	$

1997	32	KCR	AL	6.2	7	0	8	10.80	5.10	0.31	-0.38	100.0	4.41	-5	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.437	.497	$
11 Seasons				691.1	619	3	317	4.13	4.47	-0.09	-0.34	101.7	4.29	9	1.1	1.6	-0.3	6.4	80	.502	.501	$12,582,500

PHI (3 yrs)				231.1	200	0	93	3.62	4.15	-0.15	-0.32	99.7	3.96	7	0.8	1.7	0.0	2.6	29	.504	.502	$8,200,000
TEX (3 yrs)				274.2	232	1	124	4.06	4.81	-0.01	-0.37	101.6	4.52	14	1.3	1.4	-0.4	3.3	44	.506	.503	$380,000
CHC (2 yrs)				148.0	135	2	65	3.95	4.19	-0.20	-0.30	106.8	4.37	6	0.7	1.9	0.3	2.1	20	.505	.502	$1,502,500
KCR (1 yr)				6.2	7	0	8	10.80	5.10	0.31	-0.38	100.0	4.41	-5	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.437	.497	$
CAL (1 yr)				10.2	20	0	10	8.44	6.03	0.12	-0.45	99.0	5.41	-4	-0.3	1.4	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.483	.498	$
HOU (1 yr)				20.0	25	0	17	7.65	4.59	0.22	-0.35	92.3	3.72	-9	-0.9	1.5	-0.2	-1.0	-7	.465	.495	$2,500,000

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
1989	24	CHC	NL	NLCS	L	SFG	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	18.0

1993	28	PHI	NL	NLCS	W	ATL	2	0	1.000	1.69	4	0	3	0	0	2	5.1	6	2	1	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	25	1.500	10.1	0.0	3.4	8.4	2.50
1993	28	PHI	NL	WS	L	TOR	0	2	.000	20.25	3	0	2	0	0	1	2.2	5	6	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	15	3.375	16.9	3.4	13.5	3.4	0.25
2 Yrs (3 Series)							2	2	.500	7.00	9	0	6	0	0	3	9.0	12	8	7	1	6	0	8	0	0	0	44	2.000	12.0	1.0	6.0	8.0	1.33
2 NLCS							2	0	1.000	1.42	6	0	4	0	0	2	6.1	7	2	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	29	1.421	9.9	0.0	2.8	9.9	3.50
1 WS							0	2	.000	20.25	3	0	2	0	0	1	2.2	5	6	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	15	3.375	16.9	3.4	13.5	3.4	0.25

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1982	17	SDP-min	A-	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		WWA · NORW
1983	18	SDP-min	A-,A	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		SPO,REN · NORW,CALL
1984	19	SDP-min	A	26	20	16	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.250	.294	.250	.544		4		0	3	0	0		REN · CALL
1985	20	TEX-min	AA,A	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TUL,SAL · TL,CARL
1986	21	TEX	AL	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	22	TEX	AL	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	23	TEX	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	24	CHC	NL	76	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.800	1.000	165	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-9,MVP-10
1990	25	CHC	NL	59	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	26	PHI	NL	69	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-6
1992	27	PHI	NL	66	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	43	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	28	PHI	NL	65	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	444	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	29	HOU	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	30	CAL	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1996	31	PHI-min	AAA,A+	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB,CLW · IL,FLOR
1997	32	KCR-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1997	32	KCR	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
11 Yrs				619	17	16	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.375	.610	66	6	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.188	.235	.375	.610	66	2	0	0	0	0	0

PHI (3 yrs)				200	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.333	.429	.333	.762	118	2	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (3 yrs)				232	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				135	10	10	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.400	.500	30	4	1	0	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				360	17	16	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.375	.610	66	6	1	0	0	0	0
AL (5 yrs)				259	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1986	21	TEX	AL	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$60,000	1
1987	22	TEX	AL	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$120,000	1
1988	23	TEX	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$200,000	1
1989	24	CHC	NL	76	5	0	0	-0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$377,500	1	AS,CYA-9,MVP-10
1990	25	CHC	NL	59	5	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$1,125,000	1
1991	26	PHI	NL	69	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,500,000	1	CYA-6
1992	27	PHI	NL	66	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,200,000	1
1993	28	PHI	NL	65	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$3,500,000	1
1994	29	HOU	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,500,000	1
1995	30	CAL	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1997	32	KCR	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
11 Seasons				619	17	-1	-0	0	0	2	1	0.2	1	2	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.5	2	$12,582,500

PHI (3 yrs)				200	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$8,200,000
TEX (3 yrs)				232	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$380,000
CHC (2 yrs)				135	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$1,502,500
KCR (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CAL (1 yr)				20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
HOU (1 yr)				25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,500,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1989	24	CHC	NL	NLCS	SFG	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1993	28	PHI	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	28	PHI	NL	WS	TOR	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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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	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1986	TEX	AL	21	P	80	0	98.0	13	1	10	2	1	.846	1.01	0.14	.957	1.83	1.81	8	4	33%	34%	1
1987	TEX	AL	22	P	85	1	108.2	23	5	15	3	3	.870	1.66	0.24	.955	1.84	1.82	6	11	65%	31%	8
1988	TEX	AL	23	P	67	0	68.0	14	3	10	1	0	.929	1.72	0.19	.961	1.77	1.77	3	4	57%	31%	5
1989	CHC	NL	24	P	76	0	81.2	14	0	11	3	0	.786	1.21	0.14	.947	1.87	1.87	4	2	33%	32%	7	AS,CYA-9,MVP-10
1990	CHC	NL	25	P	59	2	66.1	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.81	0.10	.957	1.80	1.79	6	0	0%	29%	1
1991	PHI	NL	26	P	69	0	88.1	11	0	8	3	0	.727	0.82	0.12	.955	1.85	1.85	12	2	14%	33%	1	CYA-6
1992	PHI	NL	27	P	66	0	81.0	15	1	11	3	0	.800	1.33	0.18	.954	1.94	1.94	9	6	40%	32%	3
1993	PHI	NL	28	P	65	0	62.0	7	2	3	2	0	.714	0.73	0.08	.953	1.84	1.83	9	0	0%	31%	0
1994	HOU	NL	29	P	25	0	20.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.45	0.04	.960	1.84	1.85	2	0	0%	32%	0
1995	CAL	AL	30	P	20	0	10.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.69	0.10	.960	1.77	1.77	4	1	20%	31%	1
1997	KCR	AL	32	P	7	0	6.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.76	1.69	1	0	0%	33%	0
	11 Seasons			P	619	3	691.1	106	14	75	17	4	.840	1.16	0.14	.955	1.84	1.83	64	30	32%	32%	27
	11 Seasons			TOT	619	3	691.1	106	14	75	17	4	.840	1.16	0.14	.955	1.84	1.83	64	30	32%	32%	27

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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Hall of Fame 2003 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1989 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1989 NL (10, 12%) 0.12 Career Shares (875th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1989 NL (9, 1%) 1991 NL (6, 1%) 0.02 Career Shares (270th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1991 NL .706 (3rd)	Games Played s c a p y 1986 AL 80 (1st) 1987 AL 85 (2nd) 1988 AL 67 (3rd) 1989 NL 76 (1st) 1991 NL 69 (9th) Career 619 (169th)	Saves s c a p y 1989 NL 36 (2nd) 1990 NL 16 (10th) 1991 NL 30 (3rd) 1992 NL 29 (5th) 1993 NL 43 (4th) Career 192 (47th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1987 AL 94 (10th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1986 AL 11 (5th) 1987 AL 7 (8th) 1989 NL 8 (2nd) 1991 NL 8 (2nd) 1992 NL 6 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1988 AL 51 (5th) 1989 NL 61 (2nd) 1990 NL 39 (9th) 1991 NL 60 (2nd) 1992 NL 56 (4th) 1993 NL 57 (5th) Career 419 (53rd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1991 NL 2.9 (7th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1986 AL 80 (1st) 1987 AL 85 (2nd) 1988 AL 67 (3rd) 1989 NL 76 (1st)

† 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 (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 23 (981), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 30 (452), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (748), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (304th), 6.5 career WAR/8.7 7yr-peak WAR/7.6 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Hub Pruett (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rich Gossage (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy McCool (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy McCool (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Forster (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Forster (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Forster (914) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Forster (903) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Forster (910) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave LaRoche (922) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1982.
December 3, 1984: Drafted by the Texas Rangers from the San Diego Padres in the 1984 rule 5 draft.
April 6, 1985: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Texas Rangers to the San Diego Padres.
April 6, 1985: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Texas Rangers for Randy Asadoor.
December 5, 1988: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Luis Benitez (minors), Pablo Delgado (minors), Paul Kilgus, Curt Wilkerson and Steve Wilson to the Chicago Cubs for Drew Hall, Jamie Moyer and Rafael Palmeiro.
April 7, 1991: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chuck McElroy and Bob Scanlan.
October 31, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
December 18, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
December 2, 1993: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Houston Astros for Doug Jones and Jeff Juden.
May 31, 1994: Released by the Houston Astros.
November 30, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
June 19, 1995: Released by the California Angels.
July 6, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
August 19, 1996: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
January 14, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
May 12, 1997: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	21	Texas Rangers	$60,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	22	Texas Rangers	$120,000	Proofing corrections
1988	23	Texas Rangers	$200,000*
1989	24	Chicago Cubs	$377,500	1989 USA Today survey
1990	25	Chicago Cubs	$1,125,000	USA Today
1991	26	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,500,000	USA Today survey
1992	27	Philadelphia Phillies	$3,200,000	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	28	Philadelphia Phillies	$3,500,000	USA Today
1994	29	Houston Astros	$2,500,000	4/5/94 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$12,582,500

Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $205,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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