Frank Wills

Frank Lee Wills

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 26, 1958 in New Orleans, LA
High School: De La Salle HS (New Orleans, LA)
School: Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1983
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Indians/Mariners/Royals 1983-1991

Final Game: April 30, 1991
Died: May 11, 2012 in New Orleans, LA
Buried: St. Joseph's Cemetery #2, New Orleans, LA
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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
1980	21	KCR-min	A,Rk	4	5	.444	3.15	13	13		3	0	0	80.0	77	40	28	1	40	0	68	8	4	9			1.462	8.7	0.1	4.5	7.6	1.70	CHS,RYB · SALL,GULF
1981	22	KCR-min	AA	9	14	.391	3.98	27	27	0	11	1	0	192.0	199	104	85	16	91	3	174	9	3	15			1.510	9.3	0.8	4.3	8.2	1.91	JCK · SOUL
1982	23	KCR-min	AAA	7	10	.412	5.20	41	12	23	2	0	3	107.1	110	71	62	8	81	2	77	4	0	7			1.780	9.2	0.7	6.8	6.5	0.95	OMA · AA
1983	24	KCR-min	AAA,AA	9	13	.409	3.92	24	24	0	6	1	0	149.1	140	75	65	11	68	3	105	2	4	10			1.393	8.4	0.7	4.1	6.3	1.54	OMA,JCK · AA,SOUL
1983	24	KCR	AL	2	1	.667	4.15	6	4	1	0	0	0	34.2	35	17	16	2	15	0	23	0	0	3	152	99	1.442	9.1	0.5	3.9	6.0	1.53
1984	25	KCR-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.81	15	15	0	2	1	0	89.2	75	32	28	9	49	0	69	0	0	2			1.383	7.5	0.9	4.9	6.9	1.41	OMA · AA
1984	25	KCR	AL	2	3	.400	5.11	10	5	2	0	0	0	37.0	39	21	21	3	13	0	21	0	0	2	161	79	1.405	9.5	0.7	3.2	5.1	1.62
1985	26	SEA-min	AAA	4	3	.571	4.86	9	9	0	3	2	0	46.1	44	27	25	5	25	0	31	0	0	3			1.489	8.5	1.0	4.9	6.0	1.24	CGY · PCL
1985	26	SEA	AL	5	11	.313	6.00	24	18	2	1	0	1	123.0	122	85	82	18	68	3	67	3	1	9	541	70	1.545	8.9	1.3	5.0	4.9	0.99
1986	27	CLE-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.87	22	1	17	0	0	6	31.1	37	10	10	4	10	1	21	1	0	1			1.500	10.6	1.1	2.9	6.0	2.10	MAI · IL
1986	27	CLE	AL	4	4	.500	4.91	26	0	16	0	0	4	40.1	43	23	22	6	16	4	32	0	0	2	182	85	1.463	9.6	1.3	3.6	7.1	2.00
1987	28	CLE-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.34	36	0	30	0	0	6	56.2	53	28	21	5	22	2	45	0	3	1			1.324	8.4	0.8	3.5	7.1	2.05	BFL · AA
1987	28	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	5.06	6	0	4	0	0	1	5.1	3	3	3	0	7	0	4	0	0	0	26	95	1.875	5.1	0.0	11.8	6.8	0.57
1988	29	TOR-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.24	25	10	8	0	0	3	80.2	70	40	29	4	25	2	53	4	4	7			1.178	7.8	0.4	2.8	5.9	2.12	SYR · IL
1988	29	TOR	AL	0	0		5.23	10	0	4	0	0	0	20.2	22	12	12	2	6	2	19	0	0	1	89	76	1.355	9.6	0.9	2.6	8.3	3.17
1989	30	TOR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.59	14	0	11	0	0	5	17.0	8	7	3	1	8	0	13	0	0	1			0.941	4.2	0.5	4.2	6.9	1.63	SYR · IL
1989	30	TOR	AL	3	1	.750	3.66	24	4	6	0	0	0	71.1	65	31	29	4	30	2	41	1	0	4	302	101	1.332	8.2	0.5	3.8	5.2	1.37
1990	31	TOR	AL	6	4	.600	4.73	44	4	6	0	0	0	99.0	101	54	52	13	38	7	72	1	0	1	422	87	1.404	9.2	1.2	3.5	6.5	1.89
1991	32	TOR-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.84	22	9	8	0	0	1	61.1	71	35	33	4	21	0	38	3	4	2			1.500	10.4	0.6	3.1	5.6	1.81	SYR · IL
1991	32	TOR	AL	0	1	.000	16.62	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	8	8	8	2	5	0	2	1	0	0	27	28	3.000	16.6	4.2	10.4	4.2	0.40
9 Yrs				22	26	.458	5.06	154	35	44	1	0	6	435.2	438	254	245	50	198	18	281	6	1	22	1902	81	1.460	9.0	1.0	4.1	5.8	1.42
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.458	5.06	55	13	16	0	0	2	157	158	91	88	18	71	6	101	2	0	8	684	81	1.460	9.0	1.0	4.1	5.8	1.42

TOR (4 yrs)				9	6	.600	4.65	82	8	19	0	0	0	195.1	196	105	101	21	79	11	134	3	0	6	840	85	1.408	9.0	1.0	3.6	6.2	1.70
KCR (2 yrs)				4	4	.500	4.65	16	9	3	0	0	0	71.2	74	38	37	5	28	0	44	0	0	5	313	88	1.423	9.3	0.6	3.5	5.5	1.57
CLE (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	4.93	32	0	20	0	0	5	45.2	46	26	25	6	23	4	36	0	0	2	208	86	1.511	9.1	1.2	4.5	7.1	1.57
SEA (1 yr)				5	11	.313	6.00	24	18	2	1	0	1	123.0	122	85	82	18	68	3	67	3	1	9	541	70	1.545	8.9	1.3	5.0	4.9	0.99

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
1983	24	KCR	AL	34.2	6	4	17	4.41	4.28	-0.14	0.00	104.4	4.63	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.3	4	.513	.500	$
1984	25	KCR	AL	37.0	10	5	21	5.11	4.53	0.39	-0.08	102.3	4.15	-4	-0.4	.6	0.0	-0.1	-0	.461	.498	$
1985	26	SEA	AL	123.0	24	18	85	6.22	4.38	-0.16	0.07	102.8	4.74	-20	-1.9	1.1	-0.1	-1.0	-7	.420	.488	$
1986	27	CLE	AL	40.1	26	0	23	5.13	4.78	-0.25	-0.37	98.7	4.59	-2	-0.2	1.6	-0.2	-0.1	2	.490	.498	$92,000
1987	28	CLE	AL	5.1	6	0	3	5.06	4.76	-0.26	-0.37	101.7	4.73	-0	-0.0	3.1	-0.0	0.0	0	.497	.500	$
1988	29	TOR	AL	20.2	10	0	12	5.23	4.33	0.16	-0.35	96.4	3.69	-4	-0.4	.6	0.0	-0.2	-1	.463	.498	$
1989	30	TOR	AL	71.1	24	4	31	3.91	4.25	0.04	-0.20	94.5	3.79	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.1	0.3	6	.494	.499	$
1990	31	TOR	AL	99.0	44	4	54	4.91	4.35	0.17	-0.23	105.3	4.16	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.2	0.0	3	.482	.495	$242,500
1991	32	TOR	AL	4.1	4	0	8	16.62	4.90	0.25	-0.37	103.8	4.44	-6	-0.5	.8	0.0	-0.5	-5	.365	.497	$435,000
9 Seasons				435.2	154	35	254	5.25	4.40	0.01	-0.13	101.4	4.33	-44	-4.3	1.2	-0.6	-1.3	2	.472	.497	$769,500

TOR (4 yrs)				195.1	82	8	105	4.84	4.33	0.12	-0.24	100.4	3.98	-18	-1.8	.9	-0.2	-0.4	2	.478	.497	$677,500
KCR (2 yrs)				71.2	16	9	38	4.77	4.41	0.13	-0.04	103.3	4.38	-3	-0.3	.6	-0.0	0.2	4	.481	.499	$
CLE (2 yrs)				45.2	32	0	26	5.12	4.78	-0.25	-0.37	99.0	4.61	-3	-0.3	1.9	-0.2	-0.1	2	.492	.499	$92,000
SEA (1 yr)				123.0	24	18	85	6.22	4.38	-0.16	0.07	102.8	4.74	-20	-1.9	1.1	-0.1	-1.0	-7	.420	.488	$

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
1983	24	KCR	AL	6	152	135	17	35	7	0	2	4	1	15	23	.259	.329	.356	.685	.295	48	1	0	0	2	0	3
1984	25	KCR	AL	10	161	144	21	39	7	2	3	4	3	13	21	.271	.323	.410	.733	.290	59	1	0	0	4	0	2
1985	26	SEA	AL	24	541	458	85	122	22	1	18	9	9	68	67	.266	.359	.437	.796	.273	200	8	3	4	8	3	3
1986	27	CLE	AL	26	182	158	23	43	7	0	6	2	0	16	32	.272	.335	.430	.766	.303	68	2	0	6	2	4	5
1987	28	CLE	AL	6	26	17	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	.176	.400	.176	.576	.214	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
1988	29	TOR	AL	10	89	81	12	22	7	1	2	2	0	6	19	.272	.318	.457	.775	.328	37	2	0	1	1	2	0
1989	30	TOR	AL	24	302	269	31	65	10	4	4	1	6	30	41	.242	.319	.353	.672	.271	95	2	1	1	1	2	2
1990	31	TOR	AL	44	422	380	54	101	19	1	13	8	4	38	72	.266	.333	.424	.757	.297	161	14	1	2	1	7	3
1991	32	TOR	AL	4	27	19	8	8	1	0	2	0	0	5	2	.421	.560	.789	1.349	.400	15	0	1	2	0	0	0
9 Yrs				154	1902	1661	254	438	80	9	50	31	23	198	281	.264	.341	.413	.754	.287	686	30	6	17	20	18	18
162 Game Avg.				55	684	598	91	158	29	3	18	11	8	71	101	.264	.341	.413	.754	.287	247	11	2	6	7	6	6
MLB Averages																.258	.324	.389	.712	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	24	KCR	AL	0.2	0.0	160	0.0	2.0	-2.0	.76	-0.2	0.2	-0.0	-0.0	0.76	1.0	0	1	1
1984	25	KCR	AL	-3.1	-0.3	170	-0.4	2.6	-3.0	.96	-0.2	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2	0.96	-2.3	0	2	3
1985	26	SEA	AL	-21.7	-2.0	575	-1.0	8.9	-9.9	.97	-1.7	0.7	-16.3	-1.6	0.97	-17.0	2	3	1
1986	27	CLE	AL	-2.6	-0.3	187	0.2	3.5	-3.4	1.16	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	-0.1	1.16	-2.1	13	5	8
1987	28	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	27	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	2.27	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	2.27	-0.5	4	1	1
1988	29	TOR	AL	-2.2	-0.2	92	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.41	-0.2	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.41	-2.5	1	4	2
1989	30	TOR	AL	0.8	0.1	314	0.5	4.0	-3.4	.73	0.5	0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.73	4.1	5	5	10
1990	31	TOR	AL	-4.7	-0.5	434	-0.2	6.7	-6.9	.91	-0.1	-0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.91	1.2	9	13	18
1991	32	TOR	AL	-5.3	-0.5	27	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.66	-0.5	-0.3	-5.7	-0.5	0.66	-5.3	1	0	3
9 Yrs				-38.6	-3.7	1986	-2.0	29.2	-31.1	.91	-2.5	0.3	-32.4	-3.1	0.91	-23.4	35	34	47

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
1983	24	KCR	AL	6	4	2	1	1	1	0	3	1	.750	0	0	0	0	1	25%	53.0	65	42	0	0	0	2	4.9	5.1	6.3
1984	25	KCR	AL	10	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	3	.400	0	0	0	0	1	20%	37.4	57	20	3	1	0	4	4.1	6.2	4.1
1985	26	SEA	AL	24	18	5	11	2	2	2	7	11	.389	2	1	1	0	6	33%	43.2	79	11	30	16	6	5	4.5	3.8	5.7

1989	30	TOR	AL	24	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	.500	1	1	0	0	2	50%	44.0	65	17	8	1	0	2	5.0	5.5	4.8	80	1	2	1	0	101
1990	31	TOR	AL	44	4	1	0	3	1	0	2	2	.500	2	0	0	0	1	25%	50.2	58	36	22	6	0	3	4.3	6.5	5.0	70	3	1	0	0	84
5 Yrs				108	35	9	16	10	4	2	16	19	.457	5	2	1	0	11	31%	44	79	11	63	24	6	16	4.5	4.6	5.4	75	4	3	1	0	101
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-5					4.3	4.3	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1983	24	KCR	AL	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	2	.761	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	14.5
1984	25	KCR	AL	10	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	1	25%	3	.962	0	2	3	0	0	5	3	2	3	0	3	0	9.8
1985	26	SEA	AL	24	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	13	6	46%	4	.973	2	3	1	1	1	4	5	1	5	1	5	0	9.8
1986	27	CLE	AL	26	26	16	4	4	6	4	2	67%	8	2	32	6	19%	8	1.158	13	5	8	10	4	12	16	10	17	7	18	4	4.7
1987	28	CLE	AL	6	6	4	0	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	9	3	33%	8	2.272	4	1	1	2	2	2	5	1	1	3	2	0	2.7
1988	29	TOR	AL	10	10	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	11	4	36%	5	.409	1	4	2	1	0	9	7	3	5	2	5	0	6.2	36
1989	30	TOR	AL	24	20	6	3	0	0	0	0		1	1	24	11	46%	5	.733	5	5	10	2	3	15	11	9	15	2	16	0	7.8	39
1990	31	TOR	AL	44	40	6	5	4	0	0	0		3	3	28	6	21%	5	.908	9	13	18	6	10	24	16	24	26	6	27	2	5.9	29
1991	32	TOR	AL	4	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.659	1	0	3	0	1	3	0	4	1	1	1	1	3.3	25
9 Yrs				154	119	44	13	10	8	6	2	75%	15	7	122	38	31%		.907	35	34	47	22	21	76	64	55	75	22	79	7	6.2	32

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%
1983	24	KCR	AL	152	52%	1.3%	15.1%	9.9%	5.9%	26%		0.68	74%				27	1	4%
1984	25	KCR	AL	161	45%	1.9%	13.0%	8.1%	7.5%	31%		0.74	77%				27	1	4%
1985	26	SEA	AL	541	43%	3.3%	12.4%	12.6%	7.6%	34%		0.95	70%				122	8	7%
1986	27	CLE	AL	182	51%	3.3%	17.6%	8.8%	7.1%	30%		0.93	67%				40	2	5%
1987	28	CLE	AL	26	69%	0.0%	15.4%	26.9%	0.0%	0%		1.00	54%				8	0	0%
1988	29	TOR	AL	89	65%	2.3%	21.4%	6.7%	11.2%	46%	0.91	1.26	69%	23%	8.7%	28%	15	2	13%
1989	30	TOR	AL	302	62%	1.3%	13.6%	9.9%	6.0%	28%	0.94	1.08	75%	18%	4.3%	20%	70	2	3%
1990	31	TOR	AL	422	55%	3.1%	17.1%	9.0%	7.8%	33%	0.91	1.17	70%	23%	9.7%	15%	94	14	15%
1991	32	TOR	AL	27	59%	7.4%	7.4%	18.5%	11.1%	38%	0.70	1.75	56%	11%	25.0%	20%	7	0	0%
9 Yrs				1902	52%	2.6%	14.8%	10.4%	7.3%	32%	0.91	0.98	71%	21%	8.1%	18%	410	30	7%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.7%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.5%	24%			11%

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	29	TOR	AL	89	357	4.01	227	64%	21%	19%	32%	28%	79%	6%	50%	76%	56%	2%	2	0	16%	14	6	1	16%	4	0	0	0	0
1989	30	TOR	AL	299	1058	3.54	655	62%	23%	15%	28%	34%	77%	2%	48%	80%	60%	7%	22	15	22%	67	40	3	24%	8	5	3	0	2
1990	31	TOR	AL	408	1387	3.40	861	62%	21%	18%	26%	35%	79%	4%	49%	77%	56%	6%	25	12	18%	72	49	7	16%	15	6	14	0	0
1991	32	TOR	AL	27	99	3.67	52	53%	27%	15%	21%	37%	73%	0%	38%	79%	48%	7%	2	1	4%	1	0	0	50%	0	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				823	2901	3.52	1795	62%	22%	17%	27%	34%	78%	3%	48%	78%	57%	6%	51	28	19%	154	95	11	19%	27	12	17	0	2
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
1983	24	KCR	AL	152	35			2	0	2	1	1	0	2	6	4	1	67%	3	3	0	62	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1984	25	KCR	AL	161	39			3	0	0	2	1	2	1	9	6	0	67%	2	2	0	66	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1985	26	SEA	AL	541	122			18	0	14	8	10	9	9	39	25	4	64%	3	9	2	198	9	9	50%	8	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	25	0
1986	27	CLE	AL	182	43			6	0	11	5	1	2	4	10	5	0	50%	5	2	1	77	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1987	28	CLE	AL	26	3			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1988	29	TOR	AL	89	22	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	2	0	9	5	3	56%	0	1	0	31	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1989	30	TOR	AL	302	65	8	2	4	0	22	3	1	2	2	28	12	4	43%	2	4	1	108	1	6	14%	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1990	31	TOR	AL	422	101	15	1	13	2	14	9	4	10	3	19	11	4	58%	3	1	0	164	8	4	67%	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1991	32	TOR	AL	27	8	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				1902	438	25	3	50	2	70	31	19	27	23	122	70	16	57%	18	22	4	738	31	23	57%	27	22	4	1	0	0	1	0	64	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1983	24	2	1	.667	4.15	6	4	1	0	0	34.2	35	17	16	2	15	0	23	0	0	3	152	99	1.442	9.1	0.5	3.9	6.0	1.53	99
1984	25	4	4	.500	4.65	16	9	3	0	0	71.2	74	38	37	5	28	0	44	0	0	5	313	88	1.423	9.3	0.6	3.5	5.5	1.57	88
1985	26	9	15	.375	5.50	40	27	5	1	1	194.2	196	123	119	23	96	3	111	3	1	14	854	76	1.500	9.1	1.1	4.4	5.1	1.16	76
1986	27	13	19	.406	5.40	66	27	21	1	5	235.0	239	146	141	29	112	7	143	3	1	16	1036	77	1.494	9.2	1.1	4.3	5.5	1.28	77
1987	28	13	20	.394	5.39	72	27	25	1	6	240.1	242	149	144	29	119	7	147	3	1	16	1062	77	1.502	9.1	1.1	4.5	5.5	1.24	77
1988	29	13	20	.394	5.38	82	27	29	1	6	261.0	264	161	156	31	125	9	166	3	1	17	1151	77	1.490	9.1	1.1	4.3	5.7	1.33	77
1989	30	16	21	.432	5.01	106	31	35	1	6	332.1	329	192	185	35	155	11	207	4	1	21	1453	81	1.456	8.9	0.9	4.2	5.6	1.34	81
1990	31	22	25	.468	4.95	150	35	41	1	6	431.1	430	246	237	48	193	18	279	5	1	22	1875	82	1.444	9.0	1.0	4.0	5.8	1.45	82
1991	32	22	26	.458	5.06	154	35	44	1	6	435.2	438	254	245	50	198	18	281	6	1	22	1902	81	1.460	9.0	1.0	4.1	5.8	1.42	81

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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
1983	24	1	2	.333	4.50	34.0	36	19	17	2	15	22	0	1.500	9.5	4.0	5.8	1.47	0.5	6
1984	25	1	2	.333	5.91	35.0	41	26	23	3	14	20	0	1.571	10.5	3.6	5.1	1.43	0.8	10
1985	26	3	9	.250	6.57	115.0	124	93	84	18	69	63	3	1.678	9.7	5.4	4.9	0.91	1.4	24
1986	27	1	3	.250	5.05	41.0	44	26	23	6	16	32	0	1.463	9.7	3.5	7.0	2.00	1.3	26
1987	28	0	0		3.00	6.0	2	2	2	0	5	5	0	1.167	3.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	0.0	6
1988	29	1	1	.500	5.85	20.0	23	14	13	2	6	18	0	1.450	10.4	2.7	8.1	3.00	0.9	10
1989	30	3	4	.429	4.64	66.0	70	38	34	4	32	38	1	1.545	9.5	4.4	5.2	1.19	0.5	24
1990	31	4	6	.400	5.23	93.0	103	60	54	13	39	68	1	1.527	10.0	3.8	6.6	1.74	1.3	44
1991	32	0	0		18.00	4.0	8	9	8	2	5	2	1	3.250	18.0	11.3	4.5	0.40	4.5	4
9 Yrs		14	27	.341	5.61	414.0	451	287	258	50	201	268	6	1.575	9.8		5.8	1.33	1.1	154

* 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.

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