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Matt Young

Matthew John Young

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 9, 1958 in Pasadena, CA
High School: St. Francis HS (La Canada, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1983
Teams (by GP): Mariners/RedSox/Dodgers/Athletics/Indians 1983-1993
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: August 6, 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
1983 24 SEA AL 11 15 .423 3.27 33 32 0 5 2 0 203.2 178 86 74 17 79 2 130 7 2 4 851 131 1.262 7.9 0.8 3.5 5.7 1.65 AS
1984 25 SEA AL 6 8 .429 5.72 22 22 0 1 0 0 113.1 141 81 72 11 57 3 73 1 1 3 524 69 1.747 11.2 0.9 4.5 5.8 1.28
1985 26 SEA AL 12 19 .387 4.91 37 35 2 5 2 1 218.1 242 135 119 23 76 3 136 7 2 6 951 86 1.456 10.0 0.9 3.1 5.6 1.79
1986 27 SEA AL 8 6 .571 3.82 65 5 32 1 0 13 103.2 108 50 44 9 46 2 82 8 1 7 458 111 1.486 9.4 0.8 4.0 7.1 1.78
1987 28 LAD NL 5 8 .385 4.47 47 0 31 0 0 11 54.1 62 30 27 3 17 5 42 0 0 3 234 90 1.454 10.3 0.5 2.8 7.0 2.47
1989 30 OAK AL 1 4 .200 6.75 26 4 1 0 0 0 37.1 42 31 28 2 31 2 27 0 0 5 183 55 1.955 10.1 0.5 7.5 6.5 0.87
1990 31 SEA AL 8 18 .308 3.51 34 33 0 7 1 0 225.1 198 106 88 15 107 7 176 6 0 16 963 112 1.354 7.9 0.6 4.3 7.0 1.64
1991 32 BOS AL 3 7 .300 5.18 19 16 1 0 0 0 88.2 92 55 51 4 53 2 69 2 0 5 404 84 1.635 9.3 0.4 5.4 7.0 1.30
1992 33 BOS AL 0 4 .000 4.58 28 8 4 1 0 0 70.2 69 42 36 7 42 2 57 3 0 2 321 92 1.571 8.8 0.9 5.3 7.3 1.36
1993 34 CLE AL 1 6 .143 5.21 22 8 2 0 0 0 74.1 75 45 43 8 57 0 65 3 1 5 347 84 1.776 9.1 1.0 6.9 7.9 1.14
10 Yrs 55 95 .367 4.40 333 163 73 20 5 25 1189.2 1207 661 582 99 565 28 857 37 7 56 5236 94 1.489 9.1 0.7 4.3 6.5 1.52
162 Game Avg. 8 13 .367 4.40 46 22 10 3 1 3 163 165 91 80 14 77 4 117 5 1 8 718 94 1.489 9.1 0.7 4.3 6.5 1.52
SEA (5 yrs) 45 66 .405 4.13 191 127 34 19 5 14 864.1 867 458 397 75 365 17 597 29 6 36 3747 100 1.425 9.0 0.8 3.8 6.2 1.64
BOS (2 yrs) 3 11 .214 4.91 47 24 5 1 0 0 159.1 161 97 87 11 95 4 126 5 0 7 725 87 1.607 9.1 0.6 5.4 7.1 1.33
OAK (1 yr) 1 4 .200 6.75 26 4 1 0 0 0 37.1 42 31 28 2 31 2 27 0 0 5 183 55 1.955 10.1 0.5 7.5 6.5 0.87
LAD (1 yr) 5 8 .385 4.47 47 0 31 0 0 11 54.1 62 30 27 3 17 5 42 0 0 3 234 90 1.454 10.3 0.5 2.8 7.0 2.47
CLE (1 yr) 1 6 .143 5.21 22 8 2 0 0 0 74.1 75 45 43 8 57 0 65 3 1 5 347 84 1.776 9.1 1.0 6.9 7.9 1.14
AL (9 yrs) 50 87 .365 4.40 286 163 42 20 5 14 1135.1 1145 631 555 96 548 23 815 37 7 53 5002 94 1.491 9.1 0.8 4.3 6.5 1.49
NL (1 yr) 5 8 .385 4.47 47 0 31 0 0 11 54.1 62 30 27 3 17 5 42 0 0 3 234 90 1.454 10.3 0.5 2.8 7.0 2.47

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
1983 24 SEA AL 203.2 33 32 86 3.80 4.62 -0.20 0.15 103.3 5.13 30 3.3 .9 -0.1 4.9 52 .600 .520 $ AS
1984 25 SEA AL 113.1 22 22 81 6.43 4.49 -0.30 0.15 99.5 4.92 -19 -1.8 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .417 .489 $
1985 26 SEA AL 218.1 37 35 135 5.56 4.54 -0.16 0.15 100.9 4.90 -16 -1.6 1.8 -0.1 0.1 7 .458 .490 $159,000
1986 27 SEA AL 103.2 65 5 50 4.34 4.70 -0.53 -0.27 100.7 5.00 7 0.8 2.1 0.2 1.8 19 .512 .505 $205,000
1987 28 LAD NL 54.1 47 0 30 4.97 4.79 -0.31 -0.36 97.6 4.62 -3 -0.3 2.0 -0.2 0.0 4 .494 .498 $350,000
1989 30 OAK AL 37.1 26 4 31 7.47 4.48 0.12 -0.11 95.7 4.06 -14 -1.5 1.6 -0.3 -1.4 -10 .444 .491 $425,000
1990 31 SEA AL 225.1 34 33 106 4.23 4.30 0.30 0.15 100.2 4.16 -0 -0.0 3.1 -0.1 1.8 23 .499 .500 $587,000
1991 32 BOS AL 88.2 19 16 55 5.58 4.43 0.22 0.14 105.5 4.59 -10 -1.0 1.8 -0.1 -0.3 0 .449 .494 $2,266,667
1992 33 BOS AL 70.2 28 8 42 5.35 4.43 -0.12 -0.11 104.6 4.65 -5 -0.6 .8 -0.1 0.0 2 .480 .496 $2,266,667
1993 34 CLE AL 74.1 22 8 45 5.45 4.80 0.01 -0.09 99.0 4.65 -6 -0.6 .8 -0.1 0.0 2 .473 .496 $
10 Seasons 1189.2 333 163 661 5.00 4.53 -0.08 0.05 101.2 4.72 -36 -3.2 1.7 -1.0 6.0 92 .490 .498 $6,259,334
SEA (5 yrs) 864.1 191 127 458 4.77 4.51 -0.11 0.10 101.1 4.78 3 0.7 2.0 -0.3 7.7 94 .503 .501 $951,000
BOS (2 yrs) 159.1 47 24 97 5.48 4.43 0.07 0.03 105.1 4.62 -15 -1.5 1.0 -0.2 -0.3 3 .467 .495 $4,533,334
OAK (1 yr) 37.1 26 4 31 7.47 4.48 0.12 -0.11 95.7 4.06 -14 -1.5 1.6 -0.3 -1.4 -10 .444 .491 $425,000
LAD (1 yr) 54.1 47 0 30 4.97 4.79 -0.31 -0.36 97.6 4.62 -3 -0.3 2.0 -0.2 0.0 4 .494 .498 $350,000
CLE (1 yr) 74.1 22 8 45 5.45 4.80 0.01 -0.09 99.0 4.65 -6 -0.6 .8 -0.1 0.0 2 .473 .496 $

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 30 OAK AL ALCS W TOR 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 0.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 0.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00

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
1983 SEA AL 24 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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 SEA AL 33 851 753 86 178 35 5 17 14 8 79 130 .236 .312 .364 .676 .262 274 15 7 4 8 2 12
1984 25 SEA AL 22 524 460 81 141 22 3 11 6 5 57 73 .307 .380 .439 .820 .341 202 10 1 1 5 3 5
1985 26 SEA AL 37 951 858 135 242 34 6 23 13 16 76 136 .282 .344 .416 .760 .312 357 19 7 7 3 3 14
1986 27 SEA AL 65 458 397 50 108 19 3 9 4 2 46 82 .272 .357 .403 .760 .320 160 15 8 4 3 2 3
1987 28 LAD NL 47 234 215 30 62 11 0 3 3 1 17 42 .288 .339 .381 .720 .345 82 9 0 1 1 5 3
1989 30 OAK AL 26 183 147 31 42 6 3 2 8 0 31 27 .286 .408 .408 .816 .336 60 3 0 4 1 2 1
1990 31 SEA AL 34 963 836 106 198 25 3 15 20 14 107 176 .237 .325 .328 .653 .281 274 27 6 7 7 7 14
1991 32 BOS AL 19 404 346 55 92 12 0 4 8 3 53 69 .266 .365 .335 .700 .320 116 11 2 1 2 2 6
1992 33 BOS AL 28 321 269 42 69 12 0 7 10 3 42 57 .257 .360 .379 .739 .298 102 6 3 4 3 2 3
1993 34 CLE AL 22 347 282 45 75 11 0 8 9 7 57 65 .266 .394 .390 .784 .319 110 8 3 4 1 0 3
10 Yrs 333 5236 4563 661 1207 187 23 99 95 59 565 857 .265 .348 .381 .729 .304 1737 123 37 37 34 28 64
162 Game Avg. 46 718 626 91 165 26 3 14 13 8 77 117 .265 .348 .381 .729 .304 238 17 5 5 5 4 9
MLB Averages .258 .324 .389 .714 .286

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 SEA AL 20.2 2.1 883 1.8 15.9 -14.1 1.04 2.2 -0.4 18.9 1.9 1.04 24.4 0 1 0
1984 25 SEA AL -21.9 -2.1 538 -1.9 8.1 -10.1 .98 -1.9 -0.1 -23.2 -2.2 0.98 -18.1 0 0 0
1985 26 SEA AL -18.4 -1.8 988 -0.8 16.6 -17.5 1.02 -0.5 -0.3 -16.5 -1.6 1.02 -6.7 2 0 0
1986 27 SEA AL 4.4 0.4 474 -0.4 11.8 -12.2 1.49 -0.6 0.3 -0.6 -0.1 1.49 -5.7 38 10 11
1987 28 LAD NL -2.7 -0.3 243 -0.7 7.1 -7.8 1.74 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 -0.0 1.74 -0.0 31 6 10
1989 30 OAK AL -13.0 -1.3 195 -0.7 3.1 -3.8 1.10 -1.1 0.4 -9.0 -0.9 1.10 -10.4 10 4 8
1990 31 SEA AL 7.4 0.8 1014 -1.3 15.8 -17.1 1.00 0.9 -2.2 4.9 0.5 1.00 8.3 1 0 0
1991 32 BOS AL -7.6 -0.8 420 -0.9 7.4 -8.3 1.14 -0.1 -0.7 -7.7 -0.7 1.14 -1.7 2 0 1
1992 33 BOS AL -3.5 -0.4 336 -1.7 3.7 -5.4 .77 -0.8 -1.4 -13.1 -1.3 0.77 -7.4 4 4 12
1993 34 CLE AL -5.6 -0.5 369 -1.2 4.6 -5.8 .88 -0.9 -0.4 -5.0 -0.5 0.88 -8.6 2 5 7
10 Yrs -40.8 -3.8 5460 -7.9 94.2 -102.0 1.08 -2.9 -4.5 -51.8 -4.9 1.08 -26.0 90 30 49

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 SEA AL 33 32 11 15 6 3 7 13 19 .406 3 3 5 2 18 56% 54.6 89 27 24 9 1 11 3.2 3.3 6.3
1984 25 SEA AL 22 22 6 8 8 2 1 12 10 .545 3 3 1 0 8 36% 42.5 83 13 30 12 0 8 5.4 5.9 5.2
1985 26 SEA AL 37 35 12 19 4 2 2 15 20 .429 2 1 5 2 13 37% 46.4 86 11 40 18 9 10 4.5 4.6 6.2
1986 27 SEA AL 65 5 2 3 0 1 0 2 3 .400 0 0 1 0 1 20% 39.4 69 22 27 5 0 1 5.1 7.1 4.0
1989 30 OAK AL 26 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0% 39.8 51 32 17 11 0 2 2.3 4.0 4.3 77 3 1 0 0 82
1990 31 SEA AL 34 33 8 18 7 1 8 12 21 .364 2 2 7 1 19 58% 54.5 90 23 31 13 3 9 3.7 3.8 6.8 108 3 8 10 12 146
1991 32 BOS AL 19 16 3 6 7 0 1 6 10 .375 3 3 0 0 6 38% 45.8 81 26 31 13 1 6 3.9 3.7 5.3 92 5 5 5 1 133
1992 33 BOS AL 28 8 0 4 4 0 1 2 6 .250 0 3 1 0 1 13% 41.8 73 23 31 4 1 6 3.6 4.0 4.2 73 6 1 0 1 120
1993 34 CLE AL 22 8 0 4 4 0 0 1 7 .125 2 1 0 0 1 13% 39.5 52 26 29 13 0 2 4.0 4.2 4.8 86 2 3 3 0 114
9 Yrs 286 163 42 79 42 9 20 63 100 .387 17 16 20 5 67 41% 48 90 11 260 98 15 55 4.0 4.2 5.8 96 19 18 18 14 146
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.4 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
1983 24 SEA AL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1.038 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1985 26 SEA AL 37 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 8 1.023 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2.5
1986 27 SEA AL 65 60 32 6 3 25 13 12 52% 32 6 73 23 32% 7 1.488 38 10 11 36 6 18 45 15 27 24 32 22 4.2
1987 28 LAD NL 47 47 31 5 8 15 11 4 73% 17 2 52 15 29% 8 1.735 31 6 10 19 15 13 27 20 19 18 19 14 3.5
1989 30 OAK AL 26 22 1 1 2 1 0 1 0% 4 3 30 9 30% 7 1.098 10 4 8 8 5 9 17 5 6 13 10 2 2.7 18
1990 31 SEA AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 1.002 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 32
1991 32 BOS AL 19 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 33% 6 1.143 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3.7 19
1992 33 BOS AL 28 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24 8 33% 6 .770 4 4 12 1 3 16 13 7 15 3 16 0 5.6 33
1993 34 CLE AL 22 14 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 31% 4 .879 2 5 7 1 2 11 7 7 11 3 11 1 7.8 47
9 Yrs 311 170 73 13 16 42 25 17 60% 56 13 202 64 32% 1.087 90 30 49 68 32 70 114 56 80 65 91 39 4.2 30

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 SEA AL 851 15% 2.0% 15.3% 9.3% 6.7% 32% 1.51 72% 143 15 10%
1984 25 SEA AL 524 17% 2.1% 13.9% 10.9% 6.9% 26% 1.36 73% 125 10 8%
1985 26 SEA AL 951 17% 2.4% 14.3% 8.0% 6.6% 26% 1.65 74% 175 19 11%
1986 27 SEA AL 458 32% 2.0% 17.9% 10.0% 6.8% 29% 1.72 67% 112 15 13%
1987 28 LAD NL 234 29% 1.3% 18.0% 7.3% 6.0% 23% 2.37 73% 68 9 13%
1989 30 OAK AL 183 31% 1.1% 14.8% 16.9% 6.0% 26% 0.94 1.50 65% 26% 3.3% 2% 38 3 8%
1990 31 SEA AL 963 12% 1.6% 18.3% 11.1% 4.5% 22% 1.26 1.81 68% 18% 5.7% 10% 193 27 14%
1991 32 BOS AL 404 15% 1.0% 17.1% 13.1% 4.0% 17% 1.50 2.46 68% 21% 4.1% 10% 94 11 12%
1992 33 BOS AL 321 21% 2.2% 17.8% 13.1% 5.9% 28% 1.26 2.26 65% 23% 8.0% 8% 68 6 9%
1993 34 CLE AL 347 19% 2.3% 18.7% 16.4% 5.5% 25% 1.04 1.41 61% 17% 9.0% 14% 81 8 10%
10 Yrs 5236 18% 1.9% 16.4% 10.8% 5.9% 26% 1.24 1.71 70% 20% 6.0% 10% 1097 123 11%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.7% 8.6% 6.8% 29% 0.80 1.06 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
1989 30 OAK AL 183 706 3.86 398 56% 23% 17% 28% 31% 77% 2% 43% 78% 55% 6% 11 5 20% 36 16 0 7% 3 5 0 0 0
1990 31 SEA AL 966 3602 3.73 2120 59% 24% 17% 27% 32% 76% 1% 45% 77% 53% 7% 67 29 19% 179 79 3 27% 20 31 -3 0 5
1991 32 BOS AL 406 1526 3.76 880 58% 28% 16% 24% 32% 72% 1% 42% 78% 51% 9% 35 15 18% 72 33 3 26% 15 19 -2 0 0
1992 33 BOS AL 321 1231 3.83 708 58% 28% 16% 25% 31% 72% 2% 42% 77% 53% 8% 27 12 19% 61 27 2 23% 9 13 0 0 0
1993 34 CLE AL 338 1297 3.84 709 55% 28% 18% 24% 30% 72% 0% 39% 75% 49% 12% 39 24 13% 44 15 1 25% 7 15 9 0 0
5 Yrs 2214 8362 3.78 4815 58% 26% 17% 26% 31% 74% 1% 43% 77% 52% 8% 179 85 18% 392 170 9 24% 54 83 4 0 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
1983 24 SEA AL 851 178 17 0 20 16 1 10 7 48 21 7 44% 12 4 3 280 14 8 64% 11 8 3 0 0 0 2 2 26 0
1984 25 SEA AL 524 141 11 1 11 10 1 8 3 36 26 8 72% 5 3 1 209 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 15 0
1985 26 SEA AL 951 242 23 1 20 22 1 13 10 49 25 9 51% 14 6 4 338 13 16 45% 12 15 1 1 0 0 1 0 19 0
1986 27 SEA AL 458 108 9 2 21 7 2 4 5 34 16 9 47% 3 7 0 216 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
1987 28 LAD NL 234 62 3 0 19 2 1 1 2 37 18 8 49% 3 3 2 100 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1989 30 OAK AL 183 42 6 0 2 0 7 2 0 2 0 15 8 4 53% 1 5 1 84 8 0 100% 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
1990 31 SEA AL 963 198 33 2 15 1 35 15 0 10 5 71 34 9 48% 14 16 7 328 20 14 59% 16 12 3 2 1 0 3 3 40 0
1991 32 BOS AL 404 92 27 2 4 1 12 3 1 1 3 30 15 4 50% 6 5 3 157 8 3 73% 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1992 33 BOS AL 321 69 22 0 7 1 8 6 1 4 3 15 9 3 60% 3 2 1 137 10 3 77% 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1993 34 CLE AL 347 75 13 4 8 0 17 7 1 5 3 25 12 5 48% 3 5 0 137 9 7 56% 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
10 Yrs 5236 1207 101 8 99 7 170 90 9 58 41 360 184 66 51% 64 56 22 1986 95 59 62% 80 54 13 5 2 0 8 6 162 0
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+
1983 24 11 15 .423 3.27 33 32 0 5 2 0 203.2 178 86 74 17 79 2 130 7 2 4 851 131 1.262 7.9 0.8 3.5 5.7 1.65 131
1984 25 17 23 .425 4.15 55 54 0 6 2 0 317.0 319 167 146 28 136 5 203 8 3 7 1375 101 1.435 9.1 0.8 3.9 5.8 1.49 101
1985 26 29 42 .408 4.46 92 89 2 11 4 1 535.1 561 302 265 51 212 8 339 15 5 13 2326 94 1.444 9.4 0.9 3.6 5.7 1.60 94
1986 27 37 48 .435 4.35 157 94 34 12 4 14 639.0 669 352 309 60 258 10 421 23 6 20 2784 96 1.451 9.4 0.8 3.6 5.9 1.63 96
1987 28 42 56 .429 4.36 204 94 65 12 4 25 693.1 731 382 336 63 275 15 463 23 6 23 3018 96 1.451 9.5 0.8 3.6 6.0 1.68 96
1988 29 42 56 .429 4.36 204 94 65 12 4 25 693.1 731 382 336 63 275 15 463 23 6 23 3018 96 1.451 9.5 0.8 3.6 6.0 1.68 96
1989 30 43 60 .417 4.48 230 98 66 12 4 25 730.2 773 413 364 65 306 17 490 23 6 28 3201 93 1.477 9.5 0.8 3.8 6.0 1.60 93
1990 31 51 78 .395 4.26 264 131 66 19 5 25 956.0 971 519 452 80 413 24 666 29 6 44 4164 96 1.448 9.1 0.8 3.9 6.3 1.61 96
1991 32 54 85 .388 4.33 283 147 67 19 5 25 1044.2 1063 574 503 84 466 26 735 31 6 49 4568 95 1.464 9.2 0.7 4.0 6.3 1.58 95
1992 33 54 89 .378 4.35 311 155 71 20 5 25 1115.1 1132 616 539 91 508 28 792 34 6 51 4889 95 1.470 9.1 0.7 4.1 6.4 1.56 95
1993 34 55 95 .367 4.40 333 163 73 20 5 25 1189.2 1207 661 582 99 565 28 857 37 7 56 5236 94 1.489 9.1 0.7 4.3 6.5 1.52 94

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
1983 24 12 9 .571 3.40 196.0 178 82 74 17 79 125 7 1.311 8.2 3.6 5.7 1.58 0.8 33
1984 25 3 8 .273 6.62 106.0 147 87 78 11 59 68 1 1.943 12.5 5.0 5.8 1.15 0.9 22
1985 26 8 15 .348 5.30 207.0 245 136 122 23 77 129 7 1.556 10.7 3.3 5.6 1.68 1.0 37
1986 27 5 5 .500 4.00 99.0 108 49 44 9 46 78 8 1.556 9.8 4.2 7.1 1.70 0.8 65
1987 28 2 3 .400 4.67 52.0 62 30 27 3 17 40 0 1.519 10.7 2.9 6.9 2.35 0.5 47
1989 30 1 2 .333 8.49 35.0 45 37 33 2 33 25 0 2.229 11.6 8.5 6.4 0.76 0.5 26
1990 31 11 12 .478 4.06 213.0 207 107 96 16 112 166 6 1.498 8.7 4.7 7.0 1.48 0.7 34
1991 32 3 6 .333 5.34 86.0 92 57 51 4 53 67 2 1.686 9.6 5.5 7.0 1.26 0.4 19
1992 33 3 4 .429 4.90 68.0 70 41 37 7 43 55 3 1.662 9.3 5.7 7.3 1.28 0.9 28
1993 34 2 5 .286 5.45 71.0 75 48 43 8 57 62 3 1.859 9.5 7.2 7.9 1.09 1.0 22
10 Yrs 50 69 .420 4.81 1133.0 1229 674 605 100 576 815 37 1.593 9.8 6.5 1.41 0.8 333

* 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

All-Star Games
1983 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1983 AL  4.9 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1983 AL  3.27 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL  7.866 (6th)
1990 AL  7.908 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 AL  7.030 (10th)
Career  6.483 (165th)

Games Played s c a p y
1986 AL  65 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1990 AL  225.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1990 AL  176 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1985 AL  35 (7th)
1990 AL  33 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1990 AL  7 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 AL  2 (9th)
1985 AL  2 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 AL  107 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  242 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 AL  0.599 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL  15 (4th)
1985 AL  19 (1st)
1990 AL  18 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  119 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1990 AL  16 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 AL  7 (9th)
1985 AL  7 (9th)
1986 AL  8 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1990 AL  963 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1983 AL  131 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1983 AL  2.2 (8th)

                                         

† 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 - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bruce Ruffin (938)
  2. Omar Daal (926)
  3. Mickey Harris (925)
  4. Bob Shirley (922)
  5. Andy Hassler (919)
  6. Chief Hogsett (915)
  7. Mark Leiter (914)
  8. Pete Appleton (914)
  9. Jakie May (906)
  10. Mark Davis (906)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Fritz Peterson (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pat Combs (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jamie Moyer (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jamie Moyer (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Owchinko (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Owchinko (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bruce Ruffin (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Weiland (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kent Mercker (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Miguel Batista (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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