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Mike Witt

Michael Atwater Witt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 20, 1960 in Fullerton, CA
High School: Servite HS (Buena Park, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1981
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees 1981-1993
Agents: Nick Lampros, previously: Steve Kaye [*]
Final Game: June 17, 1993
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All-Star

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
1981 20 CAL AL 8 9 .471 3.28 22 21 1 7 1 0 129.0 123 60 47 9 47 4 75 11 0 2 555 111 1.318 8.6 0.6 3.3 5.2 1.60 RoY-5
1982 21 CAL AL 8 6 .571 3.51 33 26 2 5 1 0 179.2 177 77 70 8 47 2 85 7 1 8 748 116 1.247 8.9 0.4 2.4 4.3 1.81
1983 22 CAL AL 7 14 .333 4.91 43 19 15 2 0 5 154.0 173 90 84 14 75 7 77 6 0 8 683 82 1.610 10.1 0.8 4.4 4.5 1.03
1984 23 CAL AL 15 11 .577 3.47 34 34 0 9 2 0 246.2 227 103 95 17 84 3 196 5 1 7 1032 116 1.261 8.3 0.6 3.1 7.2 2.33
1985 24 CAL AL 15 9 .625 3.56 35 35 0 6 1 0 250.0 228 115 99 22 98 6 180 4 1 11 1049 117 1.304 8.2 0.8 3.5 6.5 1.84
1986 25 CAL AL 18 10 .643 2.84 34 34 0 14 3 0 269.0 218 95 85 22 73 2 208 3 0 6 1071 144 1.082 7.3 0.7 2.4 7.0 2.85 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1987 26 CAL AL 16 14 .533 4.01 36 36 0 10 0 0 247.0 252 128 110 34 84 4 192 4 0 6 1065 108 1.360 9.2 1.2 3.1 7.0 2.29 AS
1988 27 CAL AL 13 16 .448 4.15 34 34 0 12 2 0 249.2 263 130 115 14 87 7 133 5 2 9 1080 93 1.402 9.5 0.5 3.1 4.8 1.53
1989 28 CAL AL 9 15 .375 4.54 33 33 0 5 0 0 220.0 252 119 111 26 48 1 123 2 0 7 937 84 1.364 10.3 1.1 2.0 5.0 2.56
1990 29 TOT AL 5 9 .357 4.00 26 16 4 2 1 1 117.0 106 62 52 9 47 4 74 5 0 7 498 99 1.308 8.2 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.57
1990 29 CAL AL 0 3 .000 1.77 10 0 4 0 0 1 20.1 19 9 4 1 13 2 14 1 0 1 92 219 1.574 8.4 0.4 5.8 6.2 1.08
1990 29 NYY AL 5 6 .455 4.47 16 16 0 2 1 0 96.2 87 53 48 8 34 2 60 4 0 6 406 89 1.252 8.1 0.7 3.2 5.6 1.76
1991 30 NYY AL 0 1 .000 10.13 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 26 44 1.688 13.5 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.00
1993 32 NYY AL 3 2 .600 5.27 9 9 0 0 0 0 41.0 39 26 24 7 22 0 30 3 0 1 183 80 1.488 8.6 1.5 4.8 6.6 1.36
12 Yrs 117 116 .502 3.83 341 299 22 72 11 6 2108.1 2066 1012 898 183 713 40 1373 55 5 73 8927 105 1.318 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.9 1.93
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .502 3.83 36 32 2 8 1 1 224 220 108 95 19 76 4 146 6 1 8 948 105 1.318 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.9 1.93
CAL (10 yrs) 109 107 .505 3.76 314 272 22 70 10 6 1965.1 1932 926 820 167 656 38 1283 48 5 65 8312 107 1.317 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.9 1.96
NYY (3 yrs) 8 9 .471 4.91 27 27 0 2 1 0 143.0 134 86 78 16 57 2 90 7 0 8 615 83 1.336 8.4 1.0 3.6 5.7 1.58

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
1981 20 CAL AL 129.0 22 21 60 4.19 4.15 -0.02 0.12 100.0 4.29 2 0.2 3.7 -0.1 1.2 10 .508 .501 $ RoY-5
1982 21 CAL AL 179.2 33 26 77 3.86 4.43 0.32 0.09 99.5 4.19 8 0.8 .4 -0.1 2.1 25 .524 .505 $
1983 22 CAL AL 154.0 43 19 90 5.26 4.49 -0.27 0.01 99.2 4.74 -9 -0.9 2.3 -0.3 0.1 7 .478 .494 $
1984 23 CAL AL 246.2 34 34 103 3.76 4.38 0.01 0.14 100.6 4.54 22 2.5 -0.1 4.3 47 .572 .515 $
1985 24 CAL AL 250.0 35 35 115 4.14 4.59 0.22 0.16 99.6 4.52 11 1.1 -0.1 3.0 37 .532 .507 $683,333
1986 25 CAL AL 269.0 34 34 95 3.18 4.68 0.39 0.16 97.5 4.34 34 3.7 -0.1 5.8 64 .610 .523 $933,333 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1987 26 CAL AL 247.0 36 36 128 4.66 4.95 0.23 0.17 97.0 4.74 2 0.2 -0.2 2.0 31 .505 .501 $1,133,333 AS
1988 27 CAL AL 249.2 34 34 130 4.69 4.31 -0.16 0.14 96.9 4.46 -6 -0.7 -0.1 1.2 19 .480 .496 $1,400,000
1989 28 CAL AL 220.0 33 33 119 4.87 4.38 0.32 0.15 98.1 4.13 -19 -1.9 -0.1 -0.3 4 .442 .488 $1,400,000
1990 29 CAL AL 20.1 10 0 9 3.98 4.08 -0.26 -0.31 98.1 3.95 0 0.0 1.3 -0.0 0.2 2 .501 .500 $1,300,000
1990 29 NYY AL 96.2 16 16 53 4.93 4.35 0.23 0.16 102.1 4.37 -5 -0.6 -0.1 0.2 5 .465 .497 $
1991 30 NYY AL 5.1 2 2 7 11.81 5.13 -0.35 0.19 102.9 5.83 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .342 .498 $2,416,667
1993 32 NYY AL 41.0 9 9 26 5.71 4.42 0.24 0.16 95.9 4.16 -7 -0.6 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .430 .496 $2,166,667
12 Seasons 2108.1 341 299 1012 4.32 4.50 0.14 0.13 98.7 4.43 28 3.5 1.8 -1.5 19.2 247 .510 .502 $11,433,333
CAL (10 yrs) 1965.1 314 272 926 4.24 4.51 0.13 0.13 98.6 4.44 44 5.0 1.8 -1.4 19.6 247 .516 .503 $6,849,999
NYY (3 yrs) 143.0 27 27 86 5.41 4.40 0.21 0.16 100.3 4.36 -16 -1.5 -0.1 -0.4 -0 .444 .497 $4,583,334

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
1982 21 CAL AL ALCS L MIL 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 1.333 6.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1986 25 CAL AL ALCS L BOS 1 0 1.000 2.55 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.2 13 5 5 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 66 0.849 6.6 1.0 1.0 4.1 4.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 3.05 3 2 0 1 0 0 20.2 15 7 7 3 4 0 11 0 0 0 79 0.919 6.5 1.3 1.7 4.8 2.75
2 ALCS 1 0 1.000 3.05 3 2 0 1 0 0 20.2 15 7 7 3 4 0 11 0 0 0 79 0.919 6.5 1.3 1.7 4.8 2.75

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1986 CAL AL 25
1987 CAL AL 26

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
1981 20 CAL AL 22 555 490 60 123 17 2 9 12 6 47 75 .251 .328 .349 .677 .278 171 8 11 3 4 4 7
1982 21 CAL AL 33 748 681 77 177 29 5 8 2 11 47 85 .260 .312 .352 .665 .285 240 18 7 8 5 2 9
1983 22 CAL AL 43 683 590 90 173 29 2 14 10 11 75 77 .293 .375 .420 .795 .314 248 20 6 5 7 7 11
1984 23 CAL AL 34 1031 929 103 227 43 5 17 15 9 84 196 .244 .308 .356 .665 .290 331 21 5 7 7 3 13
1985 24 CAL AL 35 1049 938 115 228 30 7 22 20 15 98 180 .243 .316 .360 .676 .278 338 26 4 4 5 6 20
1986 25 CAL AL 34 1071 987 95 218 39 4 22 5 10 73 208 .221 .275 .335 .611 .257 331 28 3 3 5 2 13
1987 26 CAL AL 36 1065 965 128 252 48 9 34 7 5 84 192 .261 .321 .435 .756 .293 420 19 4 6 6 4 12
1988 27 CAL AL 34 1080 966 130 263 46 6 14 5 7 87 133 .272 .332 .376 .708 .300 363 24 5 11 10 7 9
1989 28 CAL AL 33 937 864 119 252 42 1 26 14 7 48 123 .292 .326 .433 .759 .310 374 17 2 10 13 1 7
1990 29 CAL AL 10 92 76 9 19 2 0 1 0 0 13 14 .250 .363 .316 .678 .290 24 2 1 1 1 2 3
1990 29 NYY AL 16 406 363 53 87 17 3 8 7 4 34 60 .240 .308 .369 .677 .263 134 10 4 0 5 2 3
1990 29 TOT AL 26 498 439 62 106 19 3 9 7 4 47 74 .241 .318 .360 .678 .268 158 12 5 1 6 4 6
1991 30 NYY AL 2 26 25 7 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .320 .346 .520 .866 .292 13 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 32 NYY AL 9 183 157 26 39 5 0 7 3 3 22 30 .248 .352 .414 .766 .267 65 0 3 1 0 0 2
12 Yrs 341 8926 8031 1012 2066 349 44 183 101 88 713 1373 .257 .320 .380 .700 .288 3052 193 55 59 68 40 110
162 Game Avg. 36 948 853 108 220 37 5 19 11 9 76 146 .257 .320 .380 .700 .288 324 21 6 6 7 4 12
MLB Averages .258 .324 .388 .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
1981 20 CAL AL 1.8 0.2 574 -0.9 9.0 -9.9 1.00 0.5 -1.4 -4.2 -0.4 1.00 2.6 1 0 0
1982 21 CAL AL 11.0 1.1 772 1.1 14.3 -13.3 1.08 1.9 -0.9 14.7 1.5 1.08 21.5 0 0 7
1983 22 CAL AL -13.5 -1.3 715 -2.3 13.3 -15.6 1.12 -2.1 0.0 -12.7 -1.3 1.12 -19.8 17 2 5
1984 23 CAL AL 16.0 1.6 1069 2.4 18.3 -15.8 .98 2.3 0.2 22.2 2.3 0.98 25.1 0 0 0
1985 24 CAL AL 14.1 1.4 1095 1.4 19.8 -18.4 1.02 1.1 0.3 13.2 1.3 1.02 9.8 0 0 0
1986 25 CAL AL 39.2 4.1 1092 3.8 19.6 -15.9 .95 4.6 -0.7 41.7 4.4 0.95 52.9 0 0 0
1987 26 CAL AL 6.6 0.6 1084 0.9 20.6 -19.8 1.05 0.2 0.6 5.3 0.5 1.05 3.6 0 0 0
1988 27 CAL AL -9.4 -0.9 1105 -0.8 18.3 -19.1 1.01 -0.1 -0.7 -8.6 -0.9 1.01 1.3 0 0 0
1989 28 CAL AL -15.8 -1.6 968 -1.9 15.5 -17.3 .97 -1.0 -0.9 -11.3 -1.1 0.97 -10.3 0 0 0
1990 29 TOT AL -1.9 -0.2 516 -0.6 8.7 -9.3 1.01 0.4 -1.0 -3.6 -0.4 1.01 3.3 5 1 4
1990 29 CAL AL 2.8 0.3 93 -0.2 1.9 -2.0 1.18 -0.1 -0.1 1.2 0.1 1.18 -0.9 5 1 4
1990 29 NYY AL -4.7 -0.5 423 -0.5 6.8 -7.3 .97 0.5 -0.9 -4.8 -0.5 0.97 4.2 0 0 0
1991 30 NYY AL -3.5 -0.3 28 -0.4 0.3 -0.8 1.04 -0.1 -0.3 -3.7 -0.3 1.04 -1.5 0 0 0
1993 32 NYY AL -4.9 -0.5 191 -0.4 3.2 -3.6 1.00 -0.5 0.2 -4.0 -0.4 1.00 -6.2 0 0 0
12 Yrs 39.5 4.3 9209 2.2 161.0 -158.8 1.01 7.2 -5.0 48.9 5.3 1.01 82.1 23 3 16

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
1981 20 CAL AL 22 21 8 8 5 0 3 13 8 .619 1 3 7 1 12 57% 52.7 83 29 21 6 2 7 4.6 5.0 5.9
1982 21 CAL AL 33 26 7 5 14 0 1 12 14 .462 7 4 5 1 14 54% 51.1 81 27 28 10 2 10 4.6 5.0 6.1
1983 22 CAL AL 43 19 4 11 4 1 3 4 15 .211 1 2 2 0 7 37% 42.7 68 21 28 13 2 7 4.5 4.4 5.9
1984 23 CAL AL 34 34 15 11 8 1 4 20 14 .588 4 2 9 2 21 62% 56.3 97 15 30 11 1 12 4.1 4.1 7.3
1985 24 CAL AL 35 35 15 9 11 2 4 20 15 .571 2 3 6 1 24 69% 54.5 84 18 23 8 1 10 4.0 4.4 7.1
1986 25 CAL AL 34 34 18 10 6 3 4 20 14 .588 2 2 14 3 24 71% 61.9 86 21 13 2 1 10 5.2 5.1 7.9
1987 26 CAL AL 36 36 16 14 6 3 5 18 18 .500 2 7 10 0 18 50% 52.1 83 19 23 7 3 8 4.4 4.3 6.9
1988 27 CAL AL 34 34 13 16 5 3 4 15 19 .441 5 0 12 2 17 50% 50.1 81 13 26 10 3 12 3.9 3.8 7.3 111 2 5 12 13 147
1989 28 CAL AL 33 33 9 15 9 2 4 15 18 .455 4 3 5 0 16 48% 48.3 83 19 24 12 0 15 4.2 4.3 6.7 104 5 8 12 8 140
1990 29 TOT AL 26 16 5 6 5 0 1 6 10 .375 0 3 2 1 8 50% 83 15 16 4 0 5 3.8 3.8 6.0 91 4 6 3 3 132
1990 29 NYY AL 16 16 5 6 5 0 1 6 10 .375 0 3 2 1 8 50% 51.0 83 15 8 3 0 5 3.8 3.8 6.0 91 4 6 3 3 132
1991 30 NYY AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.5 41 34 1 1 0 2 4.1 5.4 2.7 47 2 0 0 0 77
1993 32 NYY AL 9 9 3 2 4 1 0 5 4 .556 1 1 0 0 3 33% 47.2 76 20 5 2 0 4 5.7 6.1 4.6 82 3 3 3 0 118
12 Yrs 331 299 113 108 78 16 33 149 150 .498 29 31 72 11 164 55% 52 97 13 230 85 15 102 4.4 4.4 6.8 101 16 22 30 24 147
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

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
1981 20 CAL AL 22 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 1.005 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 15.0
1982 21 CAL AL 33 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1.077 0 0 7 1 0 6 1 6 7 0 7 0 8.9
1983 22 CAL AL 43 24 15 3 3 8 5 3 63% 10 2 31 10 32% 8 1.124 17 2 5 10 7 7 20 4 12 9 14 2 5.2
1990 29 TOT AL 26 10 4 0 3 3 1 2 33% 5 2 6 0 0% 1.009 5 1 4 5 1 4 4 6 7 0 8 0 6.1 35
1990 29 CAL AL 10 10 4 0 3 3 1 2 33% 5 2 6 0 0% 6 1.180 5 1 4 5 1 4 4 6 7 0 8 0 6.1 35
4 Yrs 108 42 22 4 8 11 6 5 55% 15 4 40 12 30% 1.078 23 3 16 16 9 17 26 16 27 9 30 2 6.2 35

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%
1981 20 CAL AL 555 51% 1.6% 13.5% 8.5% 5.1% 23% 1.40 74% 106 8 8%
1982 21 CAL AL 748 49% 1.1% 11.4% 6.3% 5.6% 24% 1.28 79% 144 18 13%
1983 22 CAL AL 683 55% 2.1% 11.3% 11.0% 6.6% 26% 1.41 74% 141 20 14%
1984 23 CAL AL 1032 42% 1.7% 19.0% 8.2% 6.3% 29% 1.47 70% 180 21 12%
1985 24 CAL AL 1049 45% 2.1% 17.2% 9.3% 5.6% 26% 1.49 71% 203 26 13%
1986 25 CAL AL 1071 41% 2.1% 19.4% 6.8% 6.1% 30% 1.32 71% 183 28 15%
1987 26 CAL AL 1065 45% 3.2% 18.0% 7.9% 8.5% 36% 1.07 70% 213 19 9%
1988 27 CAL AL 1080 46% 1.3% 12.3% 8.1% 6.1% 25% 0.86 1.16 77% 22% 5.1% 39% 188 24 13%
1989 28 CAL AL 937 50% 2.8% 13.1% 5.1% 7.4% 27% 0.92 1.29 78% 22% 7.5% 9% 153 17 11%
1990 29 TOT AL 498 51% 1.8% 14.9% 9.4% 6.2% 29% 1.31 1.60 73% 18% 6.3% 9% 102 12 12%
1990 29 CAL AL 92 62% 1.1% 15.2% 14.1% 3.3% 16% 1.17 1.24 67% 22% 4.3% 21% 25 2 8%
1990 29 NYY AL 406 48% 2.0% 14.8% 8.4% 6.9% 32% 1.34 1.69 74% 17% 6.6% 7% 77 10 13%
1991 30 NYY AL 26 50% 3.9% 0.0% 3.9% 11.5% 38% 1.40 2.20 92% 8% 10.0% 0% 4 0 0%
1993 32 NYY AL 183 49% 3.8% 16.4% 12.0% 6.6% 31% 0.85 1.09 66% 17% 11.7% 10% 42 0 0%
12 Yrs 8927 47% 2.1% 15.4% 8.0% 6.5% 28% 0.96 1.32 73% 21% 6.8% 22% 1659 193 12%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.5% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.3% 21% 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 27 CAL AL 1045 3651 3.49 2265 62% 26% 13% 24% 37% 74% 2% 46% 83% 59% 5% 54 30 16% 164 88 10 31% 25 17 35 1 0
1989 28 CAL AL 938 3443 3.67 2082 60% 27% 12% 25% 37% 73% 0% 44% 84% 51% 4% 41 29 14% 136 53 6 26% 9 11 -1 0 2
1990 29 TOT AL 499 1807 3.62 1045 58% 30% 10% 24% 36% 70% 2% 40% 85% 53% 6% 28 14 14% 68 23 2 39% 4 10 -1 0 3
1990 29 CAL AL 92 348 3.78 197 57% 30% 13% 24% 32% 70% 5% 39% 81% 59% 4% 4 2 17% 16 6 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 NYY AL 407 1459 3.58 848 58% 30% 9% 24% 36% 70% 1% 41% 86% 51% 6% 24 12 13% 52 17 1 37% 4 10 -1 0 3
1991 30 NYY AL 26 94 3.62 56 60% 29% 4% 23% 45% 71% 0% 43% 95% 54% 4% 1 1 8% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 32 NYY AL 185 740 4.00 398 54% 33% 12% 24% 32% 67% 0% 36% 83% 45% 8% 15 11 13% 24 9 0 30% 1 3 -2 0 0
5 Yrs 2693 9735 3.61 5846 60% 27% 12% 24% 36% 72% 1% 44% 84% 54% 5% 139 85 15% 394 173 18 31% 39 41 31 1 5
MLB Averages 3.63 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
1981 20 CAL AL 555 123 9 0 11 5 4 3 6 27 17 2 63% 7 2 1 201 12 6 67% 11 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 0
1982 21 CAL AL 748 177 8 0 8 4 4 1 7 41 25 7 61% 9 8 0 275 2 11 15% 2 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1983 22 CAL AL 683 173 14 0 15 6 8 9 5 43 23 3 53% 11 8 0 284 10 11 48% 8 10 1 0 1 1 4 0 19 0
1984 23 CAL AL 1031 227 17 2 20 8 9 7 10 47 31 8 66% 13 7 1 354 15 9 63% 15 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 19 1
1985 24 CAL AL 1049 228 22 1 16 11 11 14 8 50 23 7 46% 20 11 5 371 20 15 57% 19 14 1 1 0 0 1 1 24 0
1986 25 CAL AL 1071 218 22 1 16 7 15 12 10 40 17 5 43% 13 6 3 348 5 10 33% 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1987 26 CAL AL 1065 252 34 0 19 12 22 23 11 52 21 11 40% 12 6 2 398 7 5 58% 5 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1988 27 CAL AL 1080 263 32 4 14 0 27 7 7 6 8 68 36 7 53% 9 9 0 384 5 7 42% 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1989 28 CAL AL 937 252 30 7 26 1 4 14 12 18 8 50 31 9 62% 7 7 1 327 14 7 67% 12 6 1 1 1 0 3 1 31 0
1990 29 TOT AL 498 106 10 1 9 0 13 6 3 5 4 40 23 6 58% 6 7 2 171 7 4 64% 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 0
1990 29 CAL AL 92 19 2 0 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 10 3 2 30% 3 1 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990 29 NYY AL 406 87 8 1 8 0 6 5 3 4 4 30 20 4 67% 3 6 2 139 7 4 64% 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 0
1991 30 NYY AL 26 8 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 100% 1 1 0 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1993 32 NYY AL 183 39 3 1 7 1 2 5 2 6 1 9 5 4 56% 2 1 1 75 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Yrs 8926 2066 78 14 183 7 152 86 97 105 78 469 254 69 54% 110 73 16 3196 101 88 53% 92 81 7 5 2 2 13 2 195 1
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1981 20 8 9 .471 3.28 22 21 1 7 1 0 129.0 123 60 47 9 47 4 75 11 0 2 555 111 1.318 8.6 0.6 3.3 5.2 1.60 111
1982 21 16 15 .516 3.41 55 47 3 12 2 0 308.2 300 137 117 17 94 6 160 18 1 10 1303 114 1.276 8.7 0.5 2.7 4.7 1.70 114
1983 22 23 29 .442 3.91 98 66 18 14 2 5 462.2 473 227 201 31 169 13 237 24 1 18 1986 101 1.388 9.2 0.6 3.3 4.6 1.40 101
1984 23 38 40 .487 3.76 132 100 18 23 4 5 709.1 700 330 296 48 253 16 433 29 2 25 3018 105 1.344 8.9 0.6 3.2 5.5 1.71 105
1985 24 53 49 .520 3.71 167 135 18 29 5 5 959.1 928 445 395 70 351 22 613 33 3 36 4067 108 1.333 8.7 0.7 3.3 5.8 1.75 108
1986 25 71 59 .546 3.52 201 169 18 43 8 5 1228.1 1146 540 480 92 424 24 821 36 3 42 5138 115 1.278 8.4 0.7 3.1 6.0 1.94 115
1987 26 87 73 .544 3.60 237 205 18 53 8 5 1475.1 1398 668 590 126 508 28 1013 40 3 48 6203 113 1.292 8.5 0.8 3.1 6.2 1.99 113
1988 27 100 89 .529 3.68 271 239 18 65 10 5 1725.0 1661 798 705 140 595 35 1146 45 5 57 7283 110 1.308 8.7 0.7 3.1 6.0 1.93 110
1989 28 109 104 .512 3.78 304 272 18 70 10 5 1945.0 1913 917 816 166 643 36 1269 47 5 64 8220 107 1.314 8.9 0.8 3.0 5.9 1.97 107
1990 29 114 113 .502 3.79 330 288 22 72 11 6 2062.0 2019 979 868 175 690 40 1343 52 5 71 8718 106 1.314 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.9 1.95 106
1991 30 114 114 .500 3.80 332 290 22 72 11 6 2067.1 2027 986 874 176 691 40 1343 52 5 72 8744 106 1.315 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.8 1.94 106
1992 31 114 114 .500 3.80 332 290 22 72 11 6 2067.1 2027 986 874 176 691 40 1343 52 5 72 8744 106 1.315 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.8 1.94 106
1993 32 117 116 .502 3.83 341 299 22 72 11 6 2108.1 2066 1012 898 183 713 40 1373 55 5 73 8927 105 1.318 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.9 1.93 105

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
1981 20 10 10 .500 4.13 181.0 201 92 83 15 77 105 18 1.536 10.0 3.8 5.2 1.36 0.7 22
1982 21 9 9 .500 3.92 170.0 183 82 74 8 49 80 7 1.365 9.7 2.6 4.2 1.63 0.4 33
1983 22 5 10 .333 5.72 140.0 179 99 89 14 78 70 6 1.836 11.5 5.0 4.5 0.90 0.9 43
1984 23 13 13 .500 3.87 235.0 234 112 101 18 87 187 5 1.366 9.0 3.3 7.2 2.15 0.7 34
1985 24 13 13 .500 3.89 238.0 232 114 103 22 100 171 4 1.395 8.8 3.8 6.5 1.71 0.8 35
1986 25 17 11 .607 3.12 257.0 223 99 89 23 75 198 3 1.160 7.8 2.6 6.9 2.64 0.8 34
1987 26 13 13 .500 4.09 242.0 251 122 110 34 84 188 4 1.384 9.3 3.1 7.0 2.24 1.3 36
1988 27 10 16 .385 4.90 235.0 278 142 128 15 92 125 5 1.574 10.6 3.5 4.8 1.36 0.6 34
1989 28 8 14 .364 5.46 206.0 267 139 125 28 51 115 2 1.544 11.7 2.2 5.0 2.25 1.2 33
1990 29 5 7 .417 4.62 111.0 111 63 57 9 49 70 5 1.441 9.0 4.0 5.7 1.43 0.7 26
1991 30 0 0 12.60 5.0 9 8 7 1 1 0 0 2.000 16.2 1.8 0.0 0.00 1.8 2
1993 32 1 3 .250 5.77 39.0 40 28 25 7 23 29 3 1.615 9.2 5.3 6.7 1.26 1.6 9
12 Yrs 104 119 .466 4.33 2059.0 2208 1100 991 194 766 1338 62 1.444 9.7 5.8 1.75 0.8 341

* 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

Hall of Fame
1999 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1986
1987

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 AL (12, 9%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 AL (3, 25%)
0.25 Career Shares (144th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1986 AL  5.8 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1984 AL  4.3 (8th)
1986 AL  5.8 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1982 AL  3.51 (9th)
1986 AL  2.84 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  18 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 AL  .625 (10th)
1986 AL  .643 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1986 AL  1.082 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  7.294 (3rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  2.442 (9th)
1989 AL  1.964 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  7.151 (2nd)
1985 AL  6.480 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1984 AL  246.7 (8th)
1985 AL  250.0 (10th)
1986 AL  269.0 (2nd)
1988 AL  249.7 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 AL  196 (3rd)
1985 AL  180 (5th)
1986 AL  208 (5th)
1987 AL  192 (9th)
Career  1,373 (231st)

Games Started s c a p y
1985 AL  35 (7th)
1986 AL  34 (7th)
1987 AL  36 (5th)
1988 AL  34 (10th)
1989 AL  33 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1986 AL  14 (5th)
1988 AL  12 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 AL  2 (9th)
1986 AL  3 (4th)
1988 AL  2 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 AL  34 (9th)
1989 AL  26 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1985 AL  98 (4th)
1988 AL  87 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1987 AL  252 (3rd)
1988 AL  263 (2nd)
1989 AL  252 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 AL  2.333 (7th)
1986 AL  2.849 (6th)
1989 AL  2.563 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 AL  0.401 (1st)
1984 AL  0.620 (7th)
1986 AL  0.736 (7th)
1988 AL  0.505 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL  14 (7th)
1987 AL  14 (7th)
1988 AL  16 (2nd)
1989 AL  15 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 AL  110 (8th)
1988 AL  115 (3rd)
1989 AL  111 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (10th)
1983 AL  8 (10th)
1985 AL  11 (4th)
Career  73 (227th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 AL  11 (1st)
1982 AL  7 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1984 AL  1,032 (10th)
1985 AL  1,049 (8th)
1986 AL  1,071 (5th)
1987 AL  1,065 (8th)
1988 AL  1,080 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1986 AL  146 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  39 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  4.1 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1984 AL  22.18 (10th)
1986 AL  41.66 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 AL  2.4 (10th)
1986 AL  3.8 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1982 AL  1.9 (9th)
1984 AL  2.3 (10th)
1986 AL  4.6 (2nd)
Career  7.2 (226th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1984 AL  2.3 (10th)
1986 AL  4.4 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1981 AL  born 1960-07-20 (5th)


† 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 - 68 (369), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Mike Krukow (961)
  2. Pete Harnisch (960)
  3. Dave Goltz (959)
  4. Mike Boddicker (958)
  5. Ed Whitson (956)
  6. Milt Wilcox (956)
  7. Earl Wilson (956)
  8. Ken Hill (948)
  9. Buddy Black (948)
  10. Dick Ruthven (946)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dennis Blair (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerry Walker (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jerry Walker (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Alex Fernandez (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Greg Maddux (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Greg Maddux (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mark Gubicza (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Curt Simmons (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike McCormick (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Camilo Pascual (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ray Sadecki (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mark Gubicza (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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