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Bret Saberhagen
Bret William Saberhagen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 4, 1984
  vs. NYY 4.7 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game August 7, 2001
Born April 11, 1964 in Chicago Heights, IL

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 1982. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 20 KCR AL  10  11  38  18   2   1   9  1  157.7  138   71   61  13   36   73   2   7   634   4   1  3.48  4.04  116 1.104
 1985 21 KCR AL  20   6  32  32  10   1   0  0  235.3  211   79   75  19   38  158   1   1   931   1   3  2.87  4.15  145 1.058 MVP-10,CYA-1
 1986 22 KCR AL   7  12  30  25   4   2   4  0  156.0  165   77   72  15   29  112   2   1   652   1   1  4.15  4.23  102 1.244
 1987 23 KCR AL  18  10  33  33  15   4   0  0  257.0  246   99   96  27   53  163   6   6  1048   2   1  3.36  4.56  136 1.163 AS
 1988 24 KCR AL  14  16  35  35   9   0   0  0  260.7  271  122  110  18   59  171   4   9  1089   5   0  3.80  4.02  106 1.266
 1989 25 KCR AL  23   6  36  35  12   4   0  0  262.3  209   74   63  13   43  193   2   8  1021   6   1  2.16  3.89  180 0.961 MVP-8,CYA-1
 1990 26 KCR AL   5   9  20  20   5   0   0  0  135.0  146   52   49   9   28   87   1   1   561   1   0  3.27  3.84  118 1.289 AS
 1991 27 KCR AL  13   8  28  28   7   2   0  0  196.3  165   76   67  12   45  136   9   8   789   5   1  3.07  4.14  135 1.070
 1992 28 NYM NL   3   5  17  15   1   1   0  0   97.7   84   39   38   6   27   81   4   1   397   1   2  3.50  3.47   99 1.137
 1993 29 NYM NL   7   7  19  19   4   1   0  0  139.3  131   55   51  11   17   93   3   2   556   4   2  3.29  4.05  123 1.062
 1994 30 NYM NL  14   4  24  24   4   0   0  0  177.3  169   58   54  13   13  143   4   0   696   0   0  2.74  4.18  152 1.026 MVP-22,CYA-3,AS
 1995 31 TOT NL   7   6  25  25   3   0   0  0  153.0  165   78   71  21   33  100  10   3   658   3   0  4.18  4.43  106 1.294
         NYM NL   5   5  16  16   3   0   0  0  110.0  105   45   41  13   20   71   5   2   452   2   0  3.35  4.06  121 1.136
         COL NL   2   1   9   9   0   0   0  0   43.0   60   33   30   8   13   29   5   1   206   1   0  6.28  5.40   86 1.698
 1997 33 BOS AL   0   1   6   6   0   0   0  0   26.0   30   20   19   5   10   14   2   1   120   0   0  6.58  4.66   71 1.538
 1998 34 BOS AL  15   8  31  31   0   0   0  0  175.0  181   82   77  22   29  100   6   4   725   1   0  3.96  4.70  119 1.200
 1999 35 BOS AL  10   6  22  22   0   0   0  0  119.0  122   43   39  11   11   81   2   1   480   0   0  2.95  5.02  170 1.118
 2001 37 BOS AL   1   2   3   3   0   0   0  0   15.0   19   11   10   3    0   10   1   0    64   0   0  6.00  4.53   75 1.267
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 16 Yr WL% .588 167 117 399 371  76  16  13  1 2562.7 2452 1036  952 218  471 1715  59  53 10421  34  12  3.34  4.20  126 1.141
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  10  35  32   6   1   1  0  226.0  216   91   84  19   41  151   5   4   920   3   1  3.34  4.20  126 1.141
 Career High     23  16  38  35  15   4   9  1  262.3  271  122  110  27   59  193  10   9  1089   6   3  2.16  5.02  180 0.961
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 25 KCR AL  36    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-8
 1992 28 NYM NL  17   28    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .107  .138  .107  -29    3   3   0   0   0   0
 1993 29 NYM NL  19   45    2    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   5  10  .111  .200  .133   -8    6   8   0   0   0   1
 1994 30 NYM NL  24   58    7   10   2  0   0    1   0  0   4  14  .172  .226  .207   15   12   8   0   0   0   0 MVP-22,AS
 1995 31 TOT NL  25   49    3    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  12  .102  .137  .122  -32    6   5   0   0   0   0
         NYM NL  16   35    2    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .114  .139  .143  -24    5   5   0   0   0   0
         COL NL   9   14    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .071  .133  .071  -49    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1997 33 BOS AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 34 BOS AL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 35 BOS AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .200  .000  -43    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     345  190   13   23   4  0   0    1   0  0  13  49  .121  .177  .142  -14   27  24   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         89    6   11   2  0   0    0   0  0   6  23  .121  .177  .142  -14   13  11   0   0   0   0
 Career High     38   58    7   10   2  0   0    1   0  0   5  14                          12   8   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 25 KCR AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1992 28 NYM NL   32   28    1   1.0    91| .107  .258| .138  .323| .107  .380| .245  .703| -29  .065  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1993 29 NYM NL   58   49    2   1.1   103| .111  .270| .200  .335| .133  .411| .333  .746|  -8  .066  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1994 30 NYM NL   70   56    3   1.4   108| .172  .273| .226  .340| .207  .427| .433  .768|  15  .095  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 1995 31 TOT NL   56   49    1   0.6   111| .102  .276| .137  .347| .122  .430| .259  .777| -32  .018  -9.7  -0.9   0%
         NYM NL   41   36    1   0.8   103| .114  .266| .139  .335| .143  .414| .282  .748| -24  .032  -6.2  -0.6   0%
         COL NL   15   13    0   0.0   130| .071  .302| .133  .376| .071  .470| .204  .846| -49  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1997 33 BOS AL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .273| .000  .343| .000  .433| .000  .776|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1998 34 BOS AL    5    5    0   0.0   111| .000  .274| .000  .343| .000  .436| .000  .779|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1999 35 BOS AL    5    4    0   0.0   117| .000  .280| .200  .353| .000  .448| .200  .801| -43  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons      227  192    7   1.0   106| .121  .271| .177  .338| .142  .418| .319  .756| -14  .053 -31.6  -3.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 20 KCR AL P 38 15 22 1 1 .974 .959 0.97 0.70 2.11 1.79 18 157.7 1985 21 KCR AL P 32 22 38 2 4 .968 .952 1.88 0.70 2.29 1.86 32 235.3 1986 22 KCR AL P 30 14 26 2 0 .952 .957 1.33 0.68 2.31 1.83 25 156.0 1987 23 KCR AL P 33 21 34 2 5 .965 .955 1.67 0.67 1.93 1.84 33 257.0 AS 1988 24 KCR AL P 35 15 34 3 3 .942 .961 1.40 0.67 1.69 1.78 35 260.7 1989 25 KCR AL P 36 21 36 4 1 .934 .960 1.58 0.66 1.96 1.87 35 262.3 GG 1990 26 KCR AL P 20 16 28 1 2 .978 .952 2.20 0.59 2.93 1.78 20 135.0 AS 1991 27 KCR AL P 28 17 30 2 2 .959 .955 1.68 0.58 2.15 1.80 28 196.3 1992 28 NYM NL P 17 7 26 0 2 1.000 .954 1.94 0.60 3.04 1.94 15 97.7 1993 29 NYM NL P 19 14 30 2 0 .957 .952 2.32 0.54 2.84 1.84 19 139.3 1994 30 NYM NL P 24 13 34 2 1 .959 .957 1.96 0.54 2.39 1.86 24 177.3 AS 1995 31 TOT NL P 25 8 34 1 3 .977 .955 1.68 0.51 2.47 1.84 25 153.0 NYM NL P 16 6 26 0 3 1.000 .955 2.00 0.51 2.62 1.84 16 110.0 COL NL P 9 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 1.11 0.51 2.09 1.84 9 43.0 1997 33 BOS AL P 6 1 2 1 1 .750 .968 0.50 0.48 1.04 1.70 6 26.0 1998 34 BOS AL P 31 13 20 1 1 .971 .959 1.06 0.50 1.70 1.78 31 175.0 1999 35 BOS AL P 22 5 18 0 0 1.000 .950 1.05 0.47 1.74 1.69 22 119.0 2001 37 BOS AL P 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 0.50 2.40 1.74 3 15.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 20 KCR AL P 38 15 22 1 1 .974 .959 0.97 0.70 2.11 1.79 18 157.7 1985 21 KCR AL P 32 22 38 2 4 .968 .952 1.88 0.70 2.29 1.86 32 235.3 1986 22 KCR AL P 30 14 26 2 0 .952 .957 1.33 0.68 2.31 1.83 25 156.0 1987 23 KCR AL P 33 21 34 2 5 .965 .955 1.67 0.67 1.93 1.84 33 257.0 1988 24 KCR AL P 35 15 34 3 3 .942 .961 1.40 0.67 1.69 1.78 35 260.7 1989 25 KCR AL P 36 21 36 4 1 .934 .960 1.58 0.66 1.96 1.87 35 262.3 1990 26 KCR AL P 20 16 28 1 2 .978 .952 2.20 0.59 2.93 1.78 20 135.0 1991 27 KCR AL P 28 17 30 2 2 .959 .955 1.68 0.58 2.15 1.80 28 196.3 1992 28 NYM NL P 17 7 26 0 2 1.000 .954 1.94 0.60 3.04 1.94 15 97.7 1993 29 NYM NL P 19 14 30 2 0 .957 .952 2.32 0.54 2.84 1.84 19 139.3 1994 30 NYM NL P 24 13 34 2 1 .959 .957 1.96 0.54 2.39 1.86 24 177.3 1995 31 TOT NL P 25 8 34 1 3 .977 .955 1.68 0.51 2.47 1.84 25 153.0 NYM NL P 16 6 26 0 3 1.000 .955 2.00 0.51 2.62 1.84 16 110.0 COL NL P 9 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 1.11 0.51 2.09 1.84 9 43.0 1997 33 BOS AL P 6 1 2 1 1 .750 .968 0.50 0.48 1.04 1.70 6 26.0 1998 34 BOS AL P 31 13 20 1 1 .971 .959 1.06 0.50 1.70 1.78 31 175.0 1999 35 BOS AL P 22 5 18 0 0 1.000 .950 1.05 0.47 1.74 1.69 22 119.0 2001 37 BOS AL P 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 0.50 2.40 1.74 3 15.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 399 203 415 24 26 .963 .956 1.55 0.61 2.17 1.82 371 2562.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 399 203 415 24 26 .963 .956 1.55 0.61 2.17 1.82 371 2563
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1984   ALCS  KCR DET     L   1   1   2.25  0  0  0  0   8     6   2   1   5 
 1985   ALCS  KCR TOR     W   2   2   6.14  0  0  0  0   7.1  12   5   2   6 
        WS    KCR STL     W   2   2   0.50  2  0  0  2  18    11   1   1  10 
 1995   NLDS  COL ATL     L   1   1  11.25  0  1  0  0   4     7   5   1   3 
 1998   ALDS  BOS CLE     L   1   1   3.86  0  1  0  0   7     4   3   1   7 
 1999   ALDS  BOS CLE     W   2   2  27.00  0  1  0  0   3.2   9  11   4   2 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   1   1   1.50  0  1  0  0   6     5   1   1   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2   4   4  11.66  0  3  0  0  14.2  20  19   6  12 
  3 Lg Champ Series     1-2   4   4   3.38  0  1  0  0  21.1  23   8   4  16 
  7 Postseason Ser      3-4  10  10   4.67  2  4  0  2  54    54  28  11  38 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   ALCS  KCR DET     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1985   ALCS  KCR TOR     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    KCR STL     W   2   7   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1995   NLDS  COL ATL     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1998   ALDS  BOS CLE     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1999   ALDS  BOS CLE     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2   4   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Lg Champ Series     1-2   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  7 Postseason Series   3-4  10   8   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1987   KCR AL   *  0  0  0   3     1   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 1990   KCR AL      1  0  0   2     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1994   NYM NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/3      1  1  0  0   5     1   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1987   KCR AL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1990   KCR AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1994   NYM NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      1   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1987 (P)
1990 *
1994

Awards
1985-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1985-AL-CYA
1985-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1985-ML-WS MVP
1989-AL-CYA
1989-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

Gold Gloves
1989-AL--P

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1985-AL-10-0.11
1989-AL-8-0.21
1994-NL-22-0.00
Car-560-0.32 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1985-AL-1-0.91
1989-AL-1-0.99
1994-NL-3-0.30
2 Cy Youngs
Car-11-2.20 shares

ERA
1985 AL-2.87-3
1987 AL-3.36-4
1989 AL-2.16-1
1991 AL-3.07-10
1994 NL-2.74-2

Wins
1985 AL-20-2
1987 AL-18-4
1989 AL-23-1
1994 NL-14-3

Won-Loss %
1985 AL-.769-2
1987 AL-.643-10
1989 AL-.793-1
1994 NL-.778-3
1998 AL-.652-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1985 AL-1.058-1
1987 AL-1.163-3
1989 AL-.961-1
1991 AL-1.070-3
1994 NL-1.026-2
1998 AL-1.200-8
Car-1.141-46

Hits Allowed/9IP
1985 AL-8.07-8
1989 AL-7.17-4
1991 AL-7.56-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1985 AL-1.45-1
1987 AL-1.86-2
1988 AL-2.04-6
1989 AL-1.48-2
1991 AL-2.06-7
1994 NL-.66-1
1995 NL-1.94-4
1998 AL-1.49-2
Car-1.65-36

Strikeouts/9IP
1985 AL-6.04-9
1989 AL-6.62-9

Innings
1987 AL-257.0-9
1988 AL-260.7-5
1989 AL-262.3-1
1994 NL-177.3-3

Strikeouts
1985 AL-158-9
1988 AL-171-10
1989 AL-193-3
1994 NL-143-4
Car-1715-100

Games Started
1988 AL-35-3
1989 AL-35-4
1994 NL-24-7

Comp. Games
1985 AL-10-8
1987 AL-15-2
1988 AL-9-10
1989 AL-12-1
1991 AL-7-6
1993 NL-4-9
1994 NL-4-4
1995 NL-3-9

Shutouts
1986 AL-2-9
1987 AL-4-2
1989 AL-4-2
1991 AL-2-6

Home Runs Allow.
1995 NL-21-9

Hits Allowed
1987 AL-246-6
1988 AL-271-1
1994 NL-169-7

SO to Walk
1985 AL-4.16-1
1987 AL-3.08-1
1988 AL-2.90-5
1989 AL-4.49-1
1991 AL-3.02-5
1994 NL-11.00-1
1995 NL-3.03-6
1998 AL-3.45-6
Car-3.64-9

Losses
1988 AL-16-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1988 AL-110-4

Hit Batsmen
1991 AL-9-8
1995 NL-10-6

Batters Faced
1987 AL-1048-10
1988 AL-1089-3
1989 AL-1021-5
1994 NL-696-7

Adjusted ERA+
1985 AL-145-3
1987 AL-136-4
1989 AL-180-1
1991 AL-135-9
1994 NL-152-3
Car-126-55

Salary
1994 NL-$4,647,249-8
1995 NL-$5,562,990-9
1996 NL-$5,612,991-10

Youngest Player
1984 AL-20-3
1985 AL-21-9

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 20 (89) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 124 (140) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 32.0 (124) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 70.5 (160) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 1982.

December 11, 1991: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Bill Pecota to the New York Mets for Kevin McReynolds, Gregg Jefferies, and Keith Miller.

July 31, 1995: Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies for Juan Acevedo and Arnold Gooch (minors). The New York Mets sent David Swanson (minors) (August 4, 1995) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

October 29, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 31, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Kansas City Royals$150,000
1986Kansas City Royals$925,000
1987Kansas City Royals$740,000
1988Kansas City Royals$1,100,000
1989Kansas City Royals$1,350,000
1990Kansas City Royals$1,400,000
1991Kansas City Royals$2,950,000
1992New York Mets$2,950,000
1993New York Mets$3,000,000
1994New York Mets$4,647,249
1995New York Mets$5,562,990
1996Colorado Rockies$5,612,991
1997Boston Red Sox$500,000
1998Boston Red Sox$3,800,000
1999Boston Red Sox$3,500,000
2000Boston Red Sox$4,500,000
2001Boston Red Sox$5,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$47,688,230

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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