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Bobby Witt

Robert Andrew Witt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 11, 1964 in Arlington, VA
High Schools: Bergen Catholic HS (Oradell, NJ), Canton HS (Canton, MA)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1986 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Athletics/DevilRays/Marlins/Cardinals/... 1986-2001
Agents: Alan Nero [*]
Final Game: October 7, 2001 (Age 37)
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #775. Cliff Melton… #776. Russ Ortiz… #777. Johnny Niggeling… #778. BOBBY WITT… #779. Dick Tidrow… #780. Mat Latos… #781. Jim Merritt… 

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
1986 22 TEX AL 11 9 .550 5.48 31 31 0 0 0 0 157.2 130 104 96 18 143 2 174 3 3 22 741 79 1.732 7.4 1.0 8.2 9.9 1.22
1987 23 TEX AL 8 10 .444 4.91 26 25 0 1 0 0 143.0 114 82 78 10 140 1 160 3 2 7 673 91 1.776 7.2 0.6 8.8 10.1 1.14
1988 24 TEX AL 8 10 .444 3.92 22 22 0 13 2 0 174.1 134 83 76 13 101 2 148 1 8 16 736 104 1.348 6.9 0.7 5.2 7.6 1.47
1989 25 TEX AL 12 13 .480 5.14 31 31 0 5 1 0 194.1 182 123 111 14 114 3 166 2 4 7 869 77 1.523 8.4 0.6 5.3 7.7 1.46
1990 26 TEX AL 17 10 .630 3.36 33 32 1 7 1 0 222.0 197 98 83 12 110 3 221 4 2 11 954 117 1.383 8.0 0.5 4.5 9.0 2.01
1991 27 TEX AL 3 7 .300 6.09 17 16 0 1 1 0 88.2 84 66 60 4 74 1 82 1 0 8 413 67 1.782 8.5 0.4 7.5 8.3 1.11
1992 28 TOT AL 10 14 .417 4.29 31 31 0 0 0 0 193.0 183 99 92 16 114 2 125 2 1 9 848 89 1.539 8.5 0.7 5.3 5.8 1.10
1992 28 TEX AL 9 13 .409 4.46 25 25 0 0 0 0 161.1 152 87 80 14 95 1 100 2 1 6 708 86 1.531 8.5 0.8 5.3 5.6 1.05
1992 28 OAK AL 1 1 .500 3.41 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.2 31 12 12 2 19 1 25 0 0 3 140 110 1.579 8.8 0.6 5.4 7.1 1.32
1993 29 OAK AL 14 13 .519 4.21 35 33 0 5 1 0 220.0 226 112 103 16 91 5 131 3 1 8 950 97 1.441 9.2 0.7 3.7 5.4 1.44
1994 30 OAK AL 8 10 .444 5.04 24 24 0 5 3 0 135.2 151 88 76 22 70 4 111 5 1 6 618 88 1.629 10.0 1.5 4.6 7.4 1.59
1995 31 TOT MLB 5 11 .313 4.13 29 29 0 2 0 0 172.0 185 87 79 12 68 2 141 3 0 7 748 107 1.471 9.7 0.6 3.6 7.4 2.07
1995 31 FLA NL 2 7 .222 3.90 19 19 0 1 0 0 110.2 104 52 48 8 47 1 95 2 0 2 472 108 1.364 8.5 0.7 3.8 7.7 2.02
1995 31 TEX AL 3 4 .429 4.55 10 10 0 1 0 0 61.1 81 35 31 4 21 1 46 1 0 5 276 107 1.663 11.9 0.6 3.1 6.8 2.19
1996 32 TEX AL 16 12 .571 5.41 33 32 1 2 0 0 199.2 235 129 120 28 96 3 157 2 1 4 903 97 1.658 10.6 1.3 4.3 7.1 1.64
1997 33 TEX AL 12 12 .500 4.82 34 32 1 3 0 0 209.0 245 118 112 33 74 4 121 2 0 7 919 100 1.526 10.6 1.4 3.2 5.2 1.64
1998 34 TOT MLB 7 9 .438 6.56 31 18 8 0 0 0 116.2 150 94 85 21 53 2 58 2 2 3 546 70 1.740 11.6 1.6 4.1 4.5 1.09
1998 34 TEX AL 5 4 .556 7.66 14 13 0 0 0 0 69.1 95 62 59 14 33 1 30 0 1 2 329 63 1.846 12.3 1.8 4.3 3.9 0.91
1998 34 STL NL 2 5 .286 4.94 17 5 8 0 0 0 47.1 55 32 26 7 20 1 28 2 1 1 217 86 1.585 10.5 1.3 3.8 5.3 1.40
1999 35 TBD AL 7 15 .318 5.84 32 32 0 3 2 0 180.1 213 130 117 23 96 1 123 3 1 9 815 84 1.713 10.6 1.1 4.8 6.1 1.28
2000 36 CLE AL 0 1 .000 7.63 7 2 2 0 0 0 15.1 28 13 13 4 6 1 6 0 0 2 77 66 2.217 16.4 2.3 3.5 3.5 1.00
2001 37 ARI NL 4 1 .800 4.78 14 7 0 0 0 0 43.1 36 23 23 6 25 1 31 3 0 2 193 98 1.408 7.5 1.2 5.2 6.4 1.24
16 Yrs 142 157 .475 4.83 430 397 13 47 11 0 2465.0 2493 1449 1324 252 1375 37 1955 39 26 128 11003 91 1.569 9.1 0.9 5.0 7.1 1.42
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .475 4.83 35 33 1 4 1 0 203 205 119 109 21 113 3 161 3 2 11 905 91 1.569 9.1 0.9 5.0 7.1 1.42
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
TEX (11 yrs) 104 104 .500 4.85 276 269 3 33 5 0 1680.2 1649 987 906 164 1001 22 1405 21 22 95 7521 90 1.577 8.8 0.9 5.4 7.5 1.40
OAK (3 yrs) 23 24 .489 4.44 65 63 0 10 4 0 387.1 408 212 191 40 180 10 267 8 2 17 1708 94 1.518 9.5 0.9 4.2 6.2 1.48
ARI (1 yr) 4 1 .800 4.78 14 7 0 0 0 0 43.1 36 23 23 6 25 1 31 3 0 2 193 98 1.408 7.5 1.2 5.2 6.4 1.24
TBD (1 yr) 7 15 .318 5.84 32 32 0 3 2 0 180.1 213 130 117 23 96 1 123 3 1 9 815 84 1.713 10.6 1.1 4.8 6.1 1.28
STL (1 yr) 2 5 .286 4.94 17 5 8 0 0 0 47.1 55 32 26 7 20 1 28 2 1 1 217 86 1.585 10.5 1.3 3.8 5.3 1.40
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.63 7 2 2 0 0 0 15.1 28 13 13 4 6 1 6 0 0 2 77 66 2.217 16.4 2.3 3.5 3.5 1.00
FLA (1 yr) 2 7 .222 3.90 19 19 0 1 0 0 110.2 104 52 48 8 47 1 95 2 0 2 472 108 1.364 8.5 0.7 3.8 7.7 2.02
AL (15 yrs) 134 144 .482 4.88 380 366 5 46 11 0 2263.2 2298 1342 1227 231 1283 34 1801 32 25 123 10121 90 1.582 9.1 0.9 5.1 7.2 1.40
NL (3 yrs) 8 13 .381 4.34 50 31 8 1 0 0 201.1 195 107 97 21 92 3 154 7 1 5 882 100 1.425 8.7 0.9 4.1 6.9 1.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 22 TEX AL 157.2 31 31 104 5.94 4.60 -0.00 0.16 103.3 4.92 -18 -1.8 -0.1 -0.3 -3 .443 .489 $60,000
1987 23 TEX AL 143.0 26 25 82 5.16 5.01 -0.15 0.17 101.3 5.40 4 0.3 .1 -0.1 1.6 18 .513 .502 $92,500
1988 24 TEX AL 174.1 22 22 83 4.28 4.39 0.17 0.14 102.7 4.48 3 0.4 -0.1 1.9 20 .516 .502 $130,000
1989 25 TEX AL 194.1 31 31 123 5.70 4.34 -0.00 0.15 102.5 4.60 -24 -2.4 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .421 .485 $205,000
1990 26 TEX AL 222.0 33 32 98 3.97 4.30 0.12 0.14 101.4 4.38 11 1.2 1.0 -0.1 3.2 31 .537 .507 $415,000
1991 27 TEX AL 88.2 17 16 66 6.70 4.31 -0.20 0.13 100.9 4.68 -20 -1.9 .1 -0.0 -1.0 -11 .390 .488 $1,516,667
1992 28 TEX AL 161.1 25 25 87 4.85 4.36 -0.29 0.15 96.9 4.65 -4 -0.4 -0.1 1.1 12 .484 .497 $2,383,333
1992 28 OAK AL 31.2 6 6 12 3.41 4.26 0.07 0.15 91.9 3.99 2 0.2 -0.0 0.5 5 .536 .501
1993 29 OAK AL 220.0 35 33 112 4.58 4.80 -0.26 0.15 93.3 4.86 8 0.8 .6 -0.1 3.0 31 .524 .505 $3,033,333
1994 30 OAK AL 135.2 24 24 88 5.84 5.21 0.26 0.18 93.9 4.82 -16 -1.4 -0.1 -0.1 1 .441 .491 $3,250,000
1995 31 FLA NL 110.2 19 19 52 4.23 4.56 0.04 0.17 99.5 4.67 4 0.4 -0.1 1.3 15 .521 .503 $1,800,000
1995 31 TEX AL 61.1 10 10 35 5.14 4.99 0.18 0.19 103.1 5.15 0 0.0 -0.0 0.6 7 .503 .500
1996 32 TEX AL 199.2 33 32 129 5.81 5.49 0.14 0.19 105.1 5.82 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.6 25 .492 .498 $1,350,000
1997 33 TEX AL 209.0 34 32 118 5.08 5.09 0.13 0.18 105.3 5.41 7 0.7 1.2 -0.1 2.7 32 .519 .504 $2,000,000
1998 34 TEX AL 69.1 14 13 62 8.05 4.94 0.14 0.17 103.5 5.15 -22 -1.9 .0 -0.0 -1.2 -14 .365 .488 $3,250,000
1998 34 STL NL 47.1 17 5 32 6.08 4.70 0.05 -0.09 99.8 4.55 -8 -0.8 .6 0.0 -0.4 -4 .454 .495
1999 35 TBD AL 180.1 32 32 130 6.49 5.31 -0.34 0.21 102.1 5.97 -11 -1.0 -0.1 0.8 12 .470 .494 $1,100,000
2000 36 CLE AL 15.1 7 2 13 7.63 5.28 -0.12 -0.17 98.8 5.17 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.2 -2 .446 .498 $550,000
2001 37 ARI NL 43.1 14 7 23 4.78 5.09 0.32 0.09 104.2 5.07 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.5 5 .509 .501 $500,000
16 Seasons 2465.0 430 397 1449 5.29 4.78 -0.01 0.16 100.8 4.98 -90 -8.0 .7 -1.4 14.9 176 .481 .498 $21,635,833
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
TEX (11 yrs) 1680.2 276 269 987 5.29 4.70 0.03 0.16 102.4 4.96 -67 -6.0 .7 -1.0 9.5 113 .478 .497 $11,402,500
OAK (3 yrs) 387.1 65 63 212 4.93 4.90 -0.05 0.16 93.4 4.78 -6 -0.4 .6 -0.3 3.4 37 .494 .500 $6,283,333
ARI (1 yr) 43.1 14 7 23 4.78 5.09 0.32 0.09 104.2 5.07 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.5 5 .509 .501 $500,000
TBD (1 yr) 180.1 32 32 130 6.49 5.31 -0.34 0.21 102.1 5.97 -11 -1.0 -0.1 0.8 12 .470 .494 $1,100,000
STL (1 yr) 47.1 17 5 32 6.08 4.70 0.05 -0.09 99.8 4.55 -8 -0.8 .6 0.0 -0.4 -4 .454 .495
CLE (1 yr) 15.1 7 2 13 7.63 5.28 -0.12 -0.17 98.8 5.17 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.2 -2 .446 .498 $550,000
FLA (1 yr) 110.2 19 19 52 4.23 4.56 0.04 0.17 99.5 4.67 4 0.4 -0.1 1.3 15 .521 .503 $1,800,000

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
1992 28 OAK AL ALCS L TOR 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1996 32 TEX AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 8.10 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 16 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 8.1 1.50
2001 37 ARI NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 37 ARI NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
3 Yrs (4 Series) 0 0 9.53 4 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 9 6 6 0 4 0 5 0 0 1 29 2.294 14.3 0.0 6.4 7.9 1.25
1 ALDS 0 0 8.10 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 16 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 8.1 1.50
1 ALCS 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1 NLCS 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

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
1986 22 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 23 TEX AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 24 TEX AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 25 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 26 TEX AL 35 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 27 TEX AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 28 TOT AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 28 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 28 OAK AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1993 29 OAK AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 30 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 31 TOT MLB 31 38 32 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .063 .088 .094 .182 -52 3 0 0 4 1 0 1
1995 31 FLA NL 21 38 32 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .063 .088 .094 .182 -52 3 0 0 4 1 0 1
1995 31 TEX AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 32 TEX AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 33 TEX AL 35 6 6 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 224 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 34 TOT MLB 32 13 11 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .182 .250 .273 .523 38 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1998 34 TEX AL 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 34 STL NL 17 12 10 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .273 .300 .573 51 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1999 35 TBD AL 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 36 CLE AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2001 37 ARI NL 14 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .250 .500 26 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
16 Yrs 438 73 64 2 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 25 .141 .164 .234 .399 2 15 0 0 6 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 27 24 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .141 .164 .234 .399 2 6 0 0 2 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
TEX (11 yrs) 281 8 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .750 1.000 144 6 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (3 yrs) 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (1 yr) 14 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .250 .500 26 3 0 0 1 0 0
TBD (1 yr) 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 17 12 10 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .273 .300 .573 51 3 0 0 1 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 21 38 32 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .063 .088 .094 .182 -52 3 0 0 4 1 0
AL (15 yrs) 386 10 10 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .600 .800 95 6 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 52 63 54 0 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 22 .130 .158 .167 .325 -15 9 0 0 6 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 22 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $60,000 1
1987 23 TEX AL 27 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $92,500 1
1988 24 TEX AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $130,000 1
1989 25 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $205,000 1
1990 26 TEX AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $415,000 1
1991 27 TEX AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,516,667 1
1992 28 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,383,333 1
1992 28 OAK AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1993 29 OAK AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,033,333 1
1994 30 OAK AL 25 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,250,000 1
1995 31 FLA NL 21 38 -8 -0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .485 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $1,800,000 1
1995 31 TEX AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1996 32 TEX AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,350,000 1
1997 33 TEX AL 35 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $2,000,000 1
1998 34 TEX AL 15 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $3,250,000 1
1998 34 STL NL 17 12 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 2 1
1999 35 TBD AL 32 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $1,100,000 1
2000 36 CLE AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $550,000 /1
2001 37 ARI NL 14 13 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $500,000 1
16 Seasons 438 73 -11 0 0 0 12 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .500 .500 0.2 0.3 4 $21,635,833
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
TEX (11 yrs) 281 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 0 3 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 0.3 3 $11,402,500
OAK (3 yrs) 66 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $6,283,333
ARI (1 yr) 14 13 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $500,000
TBD (1 yr) 32 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $1,100,000
STL (1 yr) 17 12 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 2
CLE (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $550,000
FLA (1 yr) 21 38 -8 -0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .485 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $1,800,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 28 OAK AL ALCS TOR L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 32 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 37 ARI NL NLCS ATL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 37 ARI NL WS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 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 CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1986 TEX AL 22 P 31 31 0 157.2 31 8 20 3 1 .903 1.60 0.90 .957 1.83 1.81 46 4 8% 34% 0
1987 TEX AL 23 P 26 25 1 143.0 25 8 17 0 1 1.000 1.57 0.96 .955 1.84 1.82 44 2 4% 31% 2
1988 TEX AL 24 P 22 22 13 174.1 34 15 15 4 2 .882 1.55 1.36 .961 1.78 1.77 15 8 35% 31% 1
1989 TEX AL 25 P 31 31 5 194.1 36 13 22 1 1 .972 1.62 1.13 .960 1.87 1.85 30 4 12% 31% 0
1990 TEX AL 26 P 33 32 7 222.0 41 18 18 5 2 .878 1.46 1.09 .953 1.78 1.76 36 7 16% 34% 1
1991 TEX AL 27 P 17 16 1 88.2 15 7 6 2 1 .867 1.32 0.76 .956 1.80 1.80 18 4 18% 34% 0
1992 TOT AL 28 P 31 31 0 193.0 35 14 20 1 2 .971 1.59 1.10 .953 1.72 1.71 22 10 31% 34% 0
1992 TEX AL 28 P 25 25 0 161.1 31 14 16 1 1 .968 1.67 1.20 .953 1.72 1.71 17 8 32% 34% 0
1992 OAK AL 28 P 6 6 0 31.2 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.14 0.67 .952 1.73 1.72 5 2 29% 34% 0
1993 OAK AL 29 P 35 33 5 220.0 54 12 39 3 5 .944 2.09 1.46 .953 1.79 1.78 19 9 32% 36% 0
1994 OAK AL 30 P 24 24 5 135.2 24 7 13 4 2 .833 1.33 0.83 .956 1.72 1.71 10 10 50% 31% 0
1995 TOT MLB 31 P 29 29 2 172.0 29 8 21 0 0 1.000 1.52 1.00 .957 1.82 1.81 13 9 41% 30% 1
1995 FLA NL 31 P 19 19 1 110.2 22 7 15 0 0 1.000 1.79 1.16 .956 1.84 1.83 5 6 55% 30% 1
1995 TEX AL 31 P 10 10 1 61.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.03 0.70 .960 1.79 1.77 8 3 27% 31% 0
1996 TEX AL 32 P 33 32 2 199.2 39 10 28 1 3 .974 1.71 1.15 .960 1.77 1.76 11 10 48% 30% 0
1997 TEX AL 33 P 34 32 3 209.0 38 10 27 1 2 .974 1.59 1.09 .955 1.71 1.69 14 9 39% 33% 1
1998 TOT MLB 34 P 31 18 0 116.2 19 5 12 2 2 .895 1.31 0.55 .960 1.81 1.80 8 5 38% 31% 0
1998 TEX AL 34 P 14 13 0 69.1 7 2 3 2 0 .714 0.65 0.36 .959 1.78 1.76 4 4 50% 31% 0
1998 STL NL 34 P 17 5 0 47.1 12 3 9 0 2 1.000 2.28 0.71 .961 1.84 1.84 4 1 20% 32% 0
1999 TBD AL 35 P 32 32 3 180.1 42 12 27 3 4 .929 1.95 1.22 .952 1.69 1.66 21 11 34% 33% 2
2000 CLE AL 36 P 7 2 0 15.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 0.43 .957 1.64 1.60 3 1 25% 30% 0
2001 ARI NL 37 P 14 7 0 43.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.50 .959 1.74 1.73 6 1 14% 33% 0
16 Seasons P 430 397 47 2465.0 472 148 294 30 28 .936 1.61 1.03 .956 1.78 1.76 316 104 25% 33% 8
16 Seasons TOT 430 397 47 2465.0 472 148 294 30 28 .936 1.61 1.03 .956 1.78 1.76 316 104 25% 33% 8
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% 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.
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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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
2007 BBWAA ()

Wins s c a p y
1990 AL  17 (7th)
1996 AL  16 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 AL  6.918 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 AL  7.641 (3rd)
1989 AL  7.688 (4th)
1990 AL  8.960 (2nd)
1994 AL  7.364 (10th)
1996 AL  7.077 (8th)
Career  7.138 (95th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1990 AL  222.0 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1989 AL  166 (7th)
1990 AL  221 (2nd)
Career  1,955 (80th)

Games Started s c a p y
Career  397 (129th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1988 AL  13 (3rd)
1990 AL  7 (3rd)
1993 AL  5 (10th)
1994 AL  5 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1988 AL  2 (8th)
1993 AL  1 (10th)
1994 AL  3 (2nd)
1999 AL  2 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1997 AL  33 (2nd)
Career  252 (103rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 AL  143 (1st)
1987 AL  140 (1st)
1988 AL  101 (4th)
1989 AL  114 (1st)
1990 AL  110 (3rd)
1992 AL  114 (2nd)
1993 AL  91 (5th)
1996 AL  96 (6th)
1999 AL  96 (2nd)
Career  1,375 (22nd)

Hits s c a p y
1993 AL  226 (10th)
1997 AL  245 (4th)
Career  2,493 (232nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 AL  0.487 (5th)
1993 AL  0.655 (7th)
1995 ML  0.628 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1989 AL  13 (10th)
1992 AL  14 (6th)
1994 AL  10 (8th)
1997 AL  12 (10th)
1999 AL  15 (2nd)
Career  157 (131st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1989 AL  111 (1st)
1996 AL  120 (7th)
1997 AL  112 (4th)
1999 AL  117 (7th)
Career  1,324 (77th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1986 AL  22 (1st)
1988 AL  16 (1st)
1990 AL  11 (7th)
1999 AL  9 (10th)
Career  128 (54th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1990 AL  954 (8th)
Career  11,003 (215th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1988 AL  4 (4th)
1990 AL  5 (2nd)
1994 AL  4 (2nd)
1999 AL  3 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 33 (734), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1162), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (755), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (635th), 15.1 career WAR/15.9 7yr-peak WAR/15.5 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Steve Trachsel (912)
  2. Kevin Gross (907)
  3. Jeff Suppan (895)
  4. Mike Moore (894)
  5. Jim Clancy (882)
  6. Steve Renko (881)
  7. Scott Erickson (881)
  8. Bump Hadley (865)
  9. Tim Belcher (863)
  10. Floyd Bannister (862)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Wolcott (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Todd Van Poppel (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Drott (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ryan Dempster (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Livan Hernandez (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Oliver Perez (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Edwin Jackson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Darryl Kile (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Darryl Kile (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobo Newsom (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jaime Navarro (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Steve Trachsel (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bobo Newsom (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Kevin Gross (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Steve Trachsel (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Steve Trachsel (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198622Texas Rangers$60,0001986 USA Today survey
198723Texas Rangers$92,500Proofing corrections
198824Texas Rangers$130,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198925Texas Rangers$205,000*
199026Texas Rangers$415,000*
199127Texas Rangers$1,516,667USA Today survey
199228Texas Rangers$2,383,3334/2/92 USA Today
199329Oakland Athletics$3,033,3331996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $33,333 signing bonus
199430Oakland Athletics$3,250,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199531Florida Marlins$1,800,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199632Texas Rangers$1,350,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199733Texas Rangers$2,000,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Option exercised by player
199834Texas Rangers$3,250,0004/3/98 USA Today
199935Tampa Bay Devil Rays$1,100,00011/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $750,000 earned bonus
200036Cleveland Indians$550,0004/5/00 AP
200137Arizona Diamondbacks$500,0004/6/01 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$21,635,833
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $200,000 - 11/1/89 NYT` -
*1990 - $445,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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