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David Wells
David Lee Wells (Boomer)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 225 lb.

Debut June 30, 1987
  vs. NYY 4.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L
Born May 20, 1963 in Torrance, CA

Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1987 24 TOR AL   4   3  18   2   0   0   6  1   29.3   37   14   13   0   12   32   0   4   132   0   0  3.99  4.52  113 1.670
 1988 25 TOR AL   3   5  41   0   0   0  15  4   64.3   65   36   33  12   31   56   2   6   279   9   2  4.62  3.94   85 1.492
 1989 26 TOR AL   7   4  54   0   0   0  19  2   86.3   66   25   23   5   28   78   0   6   352   7   3  2.40  3.66  153 1.089
 1990 27 TOR AL  11   6  43  25   0   0   8  3  189.0  165   72   66  14   45  115   2   7   759   3   1  3.14  4.11  131 1.111
 1991 28 TOR AL  15  10  40  28   2   0   3  1  198.3  188   88   82  24   49  106   2  10   811   1   3  3.72  4.23  114 1.195
 1992 29 TOR AL   7   9  41  14   0   0  14  2  120.0  138   84   72  16   36   62   8   3   529   6   1  5.40  4.11   76 1.450
 1993 30 DET AL  11   9  32  30   0   0   0  0  187.0  183   93   87  26   42  139   7  13   776   6   0  4.19  4.29  103 1.203
 1994 31 DET AL   5   7  16  16   5   1   0  0  111.3  113   54   49  13   24   71   2   5   464   6   0  3.96  4.85  123 1.231
 1995 32 TOT     16   8  29  29   6   0   0  0  203.0  194   88   73  23   53  133   2   7   839   9   2  3.24  4.54  140 1.217
         DET AL  10   3  18  18   3   0   0  0  130.3  120   54   44  17   37   83   2   6   539   5   1  3.04  4.77  157 1.205 AS
         CIN NL   6   5  11  11   3   0   0  0   72.7   74   34   29   6   16   50   0   1   300   4   1  3.59  4.14  115 1.239
 1996 33 BAL AL  11  14  34  34   3   0   0  0  224.3  247  132  128  32   51  130   7   4   946   7   2  5.14  4.95   96 1.328
 1997 34 NYY AL  16  10  32  32   5   2   0  0  218.0  239  109  102  24   45  156   6   8   922   0   0  4.21  4.48  106 1.303
 1998 35 NYY AL  18   4  30  30   8   5   0  0  214.3  195   86   83  29   29  163   1   2   851   0   0  3.49  4.42  127 1.045 MVP-16,CYA-3,AS
 1999 36 TOR AL  17  10  34  34   7   1   0  0  231.7  246  132  124  32   62  169   6   1   987   2   0  4.82  4.92  102 1.329
 2000 37 TOR AL  20   8  35  35   9   1   0  0  229.7  266  115  105  23   31  166   8   9   972   0   1  4.11  5.07  123 1.293 MVP-17,CYA-3,AS
 2001 38 CHW AL   5   7  16  16   1   0   0  0  100.7  120   55   50  12   21   59   3   2   432   1   0  4.47  4.62  103 1.401
 2002 39 NYY AL  19   7  31  31   2   1   0  0  206.3  210  100   86  21   45  137   5   4   873   2   0  3.75  4.42  118 1.236
 2003 40 NYY AL  15   7  31  30   4   1   0  0  213.0  242  101   98  24   20  101   8   3   887   0   0  4.14  4.39  106 1.230
 2004 41 SDP NL  12   8  31  31   0   0   0  0  195.7  203   85   81  23   20  101   2   2   804   1   1  3.73  3.88  104 1.140
 2005 42 BOS AL  15   7  30  30   2   0   0  0  184.0  220   95   91  21   21  107   9   4   780   0   1  4.45  4.54  102 1.310
 2006 43 TOT      3   5  13  13   0   0   0  0   75.3   97   41   37  11   12   38   0   0   324   0   0  4.42  4.48  101 1.447
         BOS AL   2   3   8   8   0   0   0  0   47.0   64   30   26  10    8   24   0   0   206   0   0  4.98  4.75   95 1.532
         SDP NL   1   2   5   5   0   0   0  0   28.3   33   11   11   1    4   14   0   0   118   0   0  3.49  4.04  116 1.306
 2007 44 TOT NL   9   9  29  29   0   0   0  0  157.3  201   97   95  22   42   82   3   1   694   5   0  5.43  4.17   77 1.544
         SDP NL   5   8  22  22   0   0   0  0  118.7  156   74   73  17   33   63   3   1   532   4   0  5.54  4.04   73 1.593
         LAD NL   4   1   7   7   0   0   0  0   38.7   45   23   22   5    9   19   0   0   162   1   0  5.12  4.57   89 1.397
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 21 Yr WL% .604 239 157 660 489  54  12  65 13 3439.0 3635 1702 1578 407  719 2201  83 101 14413  65  17  4.13  4.45  108 1.266
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14   9  39  28   3   0   3  0  203.3  215  100   93  24   42  130   4   5   852   3   1  4.13  4.45  108 1.266
 Career High     20  14  54  35   9   5  19  4  231.7  266  132  128  32   62  169   9  13   987   9   3  2.40  5.07  153 1.045
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1995 32 TOT     29   28    2    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .143  .143  .143  -24    4   1   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  11   28    2    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .143  .143  .143  -24    4   1   0   0   0   0
 1998 35 NYY AL   1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   33    1   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-16,AS
 1999 36 TOR AL   2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 2000 37 TOR AL   2    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .167  .167  .167  -16    1   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-17,AS
 2001 38 CHW AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 39 NYY AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 2003 40 NYY AL   2    6    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .167  .167  .333   29    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 41 SDP NL  29   57    2    6   0  0   0    3   0  0   3  24  .105  .164  .105  -25    6   8   0   0   1   1
 2005 42 BOS AL  30    7    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .143  .143  .143  -24    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 43 TOT     13    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .200    8    1   3   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL   5    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .200    8    1   3   0   0   0   0
 2007 44 TOT NL  29   53    3    8   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  18  .151  .151  .170  -15    9   4   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL  22   38    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .105  .105  .105  -43    4   4   0   0   0   0
         LAD NL   7   15    2    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .267  .267  .333   52    5   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 21 Seasons     491  178    8   23   2  0   0    5   0  0   3  59  .129  .148  .140  -22   25  18   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         59    3    8   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  19  .129  .148  .140  -22    8   6   0   0   0   0
 Career High     54   57    3    8   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  24                           9   8   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1995 32 TOT      29   25    1   1.1   107| .143  .271| .143  .340| .143  .421| .286  .761| -24  .060  -5.1  -0.5   0%
         CIN NL   29   25    1   1.1   107| .143  .271| .143  .340| .143  .421| .286  .761| -24  .060  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1998 35 NYY AL    4    3    0   0.0   107| .250  .268| .250  .336| .250  .427| .500  .763|  33  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1999 36 TOR AL    7    7    0   0.0   115| .000  .276| .000  .349| .000  .442| .000  .791|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 2000 37 TOR AL    6    5    0   0.0   118| .167  .280| .167  .353| .167  .450| .334  .804| -16  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 2001 38 CHW AL    2    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .272| .000  .340| .000  .436| .000  .776|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2002 39 NYY AL    5    5    0   0.0   105| .000  .264| .000  .332| .000  .425| .000  .756|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2003 40 NYY AL    6    5    0   0.0   105| .167  .265| .167  .331| .333  .425| .500  .756|  29  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2004 41 SDP NL   69   60    1   0.4   102| .105  .257| .164  .327| .105  .417| .269  .744| -25  .012 -10.2  -1.0   0%
 2005 42 BOS AL    7    6    0   0.0   108| .143  .273| .143  .336| .143  .433| .286  .769| -24  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 2006 43 TOT       8    7    0   0.0   105| .200  .261| .200  .330| .200  .424| .400  .754|   8  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         SDP NL    8    7    0   0.0   105| .200  .261| .200  .330| .200  .424| .400  .754|   8  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2007 44 TOT NL   57   49    2   1.1   106| .151  .266| .151  .335| .170  .425| .321  .760| -15  .057  -8.9  -0.8   0%
         SDP NL   42   38    1   0.7   103| .105  .262| .105  .330| .105  .418| .210  .748| -43  .027  -7.8  -0.7   0%
         LAD NL   15   11    1   2.4   115| .267  .278| .267  .347| .333  .443| .600  .791|  52  .207  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 21 Seasons      200  174    4   0.6   106| .129  .265| .148  .334| .140  .424| .288  .758| -22  .021 -31.8  -3.1   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 ------+
1987 24 TOR AL P 18 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 1.84 1.84 2 29.3 1988 25 TOR AL P 41 5 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.24 0.67 1.40 1.78 0 64.3 1989 26 TOR AL P 54 9 11 1 0 .952 .962 0.37 0.66 2.09 1.87 0 86.3 1990 27 TOR AL P 43 7 32 0 1 1.000 .954 0.91 0.59 1.86 1.78 25 189.0 1991 28 TOR AL P 40 5 35 2 1 .952 .957 1.00 0.58 1.82 1.80 28 198.3 1992 29 TOR AL P 41 9 14 1 1 .958 .954 0.56 0.56 1.73 1.72 14 120.0 1993 30 DET AL P 32 10 22 1 0 .970 .952 1.00 0.56 1.54 1.79 30 187.0 1994 31 DET AL P 16 5 12 0 0 1.000 .955 1.06 0.52 1.37 1.72 16 111.3 1995 32 TOT P 29 15 22 2 2 .949 .959 1.28 0.52 1.64 1.81 29 203.0 DET AL P 18 11 16 2 1 .931 .961 1.50 0.53 1.86 1.79 18 130.3 AS CIN NL P 11 4 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.91 0.51 1.24 1.84 11 72.7 1996 33 BAL AL P 34 15 39 1 4 .982 .959 1.59 0.52 2.17 1.77 34 224.3 1997 34 NYY AL P 32 8 29 4 2 .902 .956 1.16 0.49 1.53 1.71 32 218.0 1998 35 NYY AL P 30 8 27 3 1 .921 .959 1.17 0.50 1.47 1.78 30 214.3 AS 1999 36 TOR AL P 34 7 30 0 2 1.000 .951 1.09 0.47 1.44 1.69 34 231.7 2000 37 TOR AL P 35 8 18 3 1 .897 .956 0.74 0.46 1.02 1.62 35 229.7 AS 2001 38 CHW AL P 16 4 10 4 1 .778 .952 0.88 0.49 1.25 1.75 16 100.7 2002 39 NYY AL P 31 6 24 1 2 .968 .958 0.97 0.48 1.31 1.69 31 206.3 2003 40 NYY AL P 31 7 32 0 2 1.000 .956 1.26 0.49 1.65 1.73 30 213.0 2004 41 SDP NL P 31 7 38 1 1 .978 .966 1.45 0.47 2.07 1.84 31 195.7 2005 42 BOS AL P 30 3 19 3 2 .880 .952 0.73 0.46 1.08 1.69 30 184.0 2006 43 TOT P 13 2 6 0 0 1.000 .964 0.62 0.42 0.96 1.61 13 75.3 BOS AL P 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.41 0.96 1.55 8 47.0 SDP NL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.44 0.95 1.72 5 28.3 2007 44 TOT NL P 29 7 22 3 0 .906 .967 1.00 0.40 1.66 1.68 29 157.4 SDP NL P 22 5 19 1 0 .960 .968 1.09 0.40 1.82 1.68 22 118.7 LAD NL P 7 2 3 2 0 .714 .962 0.71 0.40 1.16 1.67 7 38.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 24 TOR AL P 18 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 1.84 1.84 2 29.3 1988 25 TOR AL P 41 5 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.24 0.67 1.40 1.78 0 64.3 1989 26 TOR AL P 54 9 11 1 0 .952 .962 0.37 0.66 2.09 1.87 0 86.3 1990 27 TOR AL P 43 7 32 0 1 1.000 .954 0.91 0.59 1.86 1.78 25 189.0 1991 28 TOR AL P 40 5 35 2 1 .952 .957 1.00 0.58 1.82 1.80 28 198.3 1992 29 TOR AL P 41 9 14 1 1 .958 .954 0.56 0.56 1.73 1.72 14 120.0 1993 30 DET AL P 32 10 22 1 0 .970 .952 1.00 0.56 1.54 1.79 30 187.0 1994 31 DET AL P 16 5 12 0 0 1.000 .955 1.06 0.52 1.37 1.72 16 111.3 1995 32 TOT P 29 15 22 2 2 .949 .959 1.28 0.52 1.64 1.81 29 203.0 DET AL P 18 11 16 2 1 .931 .961 1.50 0.53 1.86 1.79 18 130.3 CIN NL P 11 4 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.91 0.51 1.24 1.84 11 72.7 1996 33 BAL AL P 34 15 39 1 4 .982 .959 1.59 0.52 2.17 1.77 34 224.3 1997 34 NYY AL P 32 8 29 4 2 .902 .956 1.16 0.49 1.53 1.71 32 218.0 1998 35 NYY AL P 30 8 27 3 1 .921 .959 1.17 0.50 1.47 1.78 30 214.3 1999 36 TOR AL P 34 7 30 0 2 1.000 .951 1.09 0.47 1.44 1.69 34 231.7 2000 37 TOR AL P 35 8 18 3 1 .897 .956 0.74 0.46 1.02 1.62 35 229.7 2001 38 CHW AL P 16 4 10 4 1 .778 .952 0.88 0.49 1.25 1.75 16 100.7 2002 39 NYY AL P 31 6 24 1 2 .968 .958 0.97 0.48 1.31 1.69 31 206.3 2003 40 NYY AL P 31 7 32 0 2 1.000 .956 1.26 0.49 1.65 1.73 30 213.0 2004 41 SDP NL P 31 7 38 1 1 .978 .966 1.45 0.47 2.07 1.84 31 195.7 2005 42 BOS AL P 30 3 19 3 2 .880 .952 0.73 0.46 1.08 1.69 30 184.0 2006 43 TOT P 13 2 6 0 0 1.000 .964 0.62 0.42 0.96 1.61 13 75.3 BOS AL P 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.41 0.96 1.55 8 47.0 SDP NL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.44 0.95 1.72 5 28.3 2007 44 TOT NL P 29 7 22 3 0 .906 .967 1.00 0.40 1.66 1.68 29 157.4 SDP NL P 22 5 19 1 0 .960 .968 1.09 0.40 1.82 1.68 22 118.7 LAD NL P 7 2 3 2 0 .714 .962 0.71 0.40 1.16 1.67 7 38.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 660 149 451 30 25 .952 .957 0.91 0.53 1.57 1.74 489 3439.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 660 149 451 30 25 .952 .957 0.91 0.53 1.57 1.74 489 3439
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1989   ALCS  TOR OAK     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     0   0   2   1 
 1991   ALCS  TOR MIN     L   4   0   2.35  0  0  0  0   7.2   6   2   2   9 
 1992   WS    TOR ATL     W   4   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   4.1   1   0   2   3 
 1995   NLDS  CIN LAD     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   6.1   6   0   1   8 
        NLCS  CIN ATL     L   1   1   4.50  0  1  0  0   6     8   3   2   3 
 1996   ALDS  BAL CLE     W   2   2   4.61  1  0  0  0  13.2  15   7   4   6 
        ALCS  BAL NYY     L   1   1   4.05  1  0  0  0   6.2   8   3   3   6 
 1997   ALDS  NYY CLE     L   1   1   1.00  1  0  0  1   9     5   1   0   1 
 1998   ALDS  NYY TEX     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   8     5   0   1   9 
        ALCS  NYY CLE     W   2   2   2.87  2  0  0  0  15.2  12   5   2  18 
        WS    NYY SDP     W   1   1   6.43  1  0  0  0   7     7   5   2   4 
 2002   ALDS  NYY ANA     L   1   1  15.43  0  1  0  0   4.2  10   8   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  NYY MIN     W   1   1   1.17  1  0  0  0   7.2   8   1   0   5 
        ALCS  NYY BOS     W   2   1   2.35  1  0  0  0   7.2   5   2   2   5 
        WS    NYY FLA     L   2   2   3.38  0  1  0  0   8     6   3   2   1 
 2005   ALDS  BOS CHW     L   1   1   2.70  0  1  0  0   6.2   7   2   0   2 
 2006   NLDS  SDP STL     L   1   1   3.60  0  1  0  0   5     7   2   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  8 Lg Div Series       4-4   9   9   3.10  5  3  0  1  61    63  21   6  33 
  6 Lg Champ Series     2-4  11   5   3.02  4  1  0  0  44.2  39  15  13  42 
  3 World Series        2-1   7   3   3.72  1  1  0  0  19.1  14   8   6   8 
 17 Postseason Ser      8-9  27  17   3.17 10  5  0  1 125   116  44  25  83 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1989   ALCS  TOR OAK     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1991   ALCS  TOR MIN     L   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1992   WS    TOR ATL     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1995   NLDS  CIN LAD     W   1   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  CIN ATL     L   1   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   ALDS  BAL CLE     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BAL NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1997   ALDS  NYY CLE     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1998   ALDS  NYY TEX     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY CLE     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY SDP     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2002   ALDS  NYY ANA     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  NYY MIN     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY BOS     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY FLA     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  BOS CHW     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2006   NLDS  SDP STL     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  8 Lg Div Series       4-4   9   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Lg Champ Series     2-4  11   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 World Series        2-1   7   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 17 Postseason Series   8-9  27   6   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   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
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1995   DET AL      0  0  0   0.1   0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1998   NYY AL   *  0  0  0   2     0   0   0   1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 2000   TOR AL   *  0  0  0   2     2   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 3/3      2  0  0  0   4.1   2   0   0   1   4  0   0  0   0  0  0  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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1995   DET AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
 1998   NYY AL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 2000   TOR AL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1995 *
1998 (P)
2000 (P)

Awards
1998-ALCS MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1998-AL-16-0.01
2000-AL-17-0.01
Car-1314-0.02 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1998-AL-3-0.22
2000-AL-3-0.33
Car-85-0.55 shares

ERA
1990 AL-3.14-7
1998 AL-3.49-5
2000 AL-4.11-6

Wins
1997 AL-16-6
1998 AL-18-6
1999 AL-17-5
2000 AL-20-1
2002 AL-19-4
2005 AL-15-8
Car-239-55

Won-Loss %
1995 AL-.769-3
1998 AL-.818-1
2000 AL-.714-4
2002 AL-.731-5
2003 AL-.682-10
2005 AL-.682-8
Car-.604-99

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1990 AL-1.111-3
1993 AL-1.203-8
1996 AL-1.328-8
1998 AL-1.045-1
2000 AL-1.293-7
2004 NL-1.140-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1990 AL-7.86-8
1998 AL-8.19-6

Bases on Balls/9IP
1990 AL-2.14-5
1991 AL-2.22-9
1993 AL-2.02-3
1996 AL-2.05-2
1997 AL-1.86-4
1998 AL-1.22-1
1999 AL-2.41-6
2000 AL-1.21-1
2002 AL-1.96-7
2003 AL-.85-1
2004 NL-.92-1
2005 AL-1.03-2
Car-1.88-66

Innings
1999 AL-231.7-1
2000 AL-229.7-2
2003 AL-213.0-10
Car-3439.0-76

Strikeouts
1999 AL-169-8
2000 AL-166-9
Car-2201-49

Games Started
1999 AL-34-2
2000 AL-35-1
Car-489-49

Comp. Games
1994 AL-5-8
1995 NL-3-9
1997 AL-5-3
1998 AL-8-2
1999 AL-7-1
2000 AL-9-1
2003 AL-4-4
2005 AL-2-10

Shutouts
1997 AL-2-3
1998 AL-5-1
1999 AL-1-6
2000 AL-1-4
2002 AL-1-9
2003 AL-1-6

Home Runs Allow.
1991 AL-24-5
1993 AL-26-8
1996 AL-32-6
1999 AL-32-5
Car-407-10

Hits Allowed
1996 AL-247-8
1997 AL-239-7
1999 AL-246-1
2000 AL-266-1
2003 AL-242-3
Car-3635-54

SO to Walk
1990 AL-2.56-6
1993 AL-3.31-2
1996 AL-2.55-7
1997 AL-3.47-6
1998 AL-5.62-1
1999 AL-2.73-7
2000 AL-5.35-2
2002 AL-3.04-7
2003 AL-5.05-2
2004 NL-5.05-3
2005 AL-5.10-3
Car-3.06-29

Losses
1996 AL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1996 AL-128-4
1999 AL-124-3
Car-1578-32

Wild Pitches
1991 AL-10-9
1993 AL-13-5
2000 AL-9-8
Car-101-76

Batters Faced
1997 AL-922-10
1999 AL-987-2
2000 AL-972-4
Car-14413-64

Adjusted ERA+
1990 AL-131-6
1998 AL-127-9
2000 AL-123-6

Oldest Player
2003 AL-40-8
2004 NL-41-5
2005 AL-42-4
2006 AL-43-2
2006 NL-43-6
2007 NL-44-3

Black Ink: Pitching - 24 (74) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 123 (145) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 40.0 (70) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 88.0 (128) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  10. Tom Browning (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Harvey Haddix (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. John Candelaria (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. John Candelaria (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. John Candelaria (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jamie Moyer (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Kenny Rogers (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Jamie Moyer (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1982.

March 30, 1993: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 3, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 28, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 13, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

July 31, 1995: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later, C.J. Nitkowski, and Dave Tuttle (minors). The Cincinnati Reds sent Mark Lewis (November 16, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

December 26, 1995: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Baltimore Orioles for Curtis Goodwin and Trovin Valdez (minors).

October 29, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 24, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

February 18, 1999: Traded by the New York Yankees with Homer Bush and Graeme Lloyd to the Toronto Blue Jays for Roger Clemens.

January 14, 2001: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Matt DeWitt to the Chicago White Sox for Kevin Beirne, Brian Simmons, Mike Sirotka, and Mike Williams (minors).

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 17, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 2, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

November 2, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 17, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

August 31, 2006: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent George Kotteras (minors) (September 5, 2006) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

August 16, 2007: Released by the San Diego Padres.

August 24, 2007: Selected off waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers from ???.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988Toronto Blue Jays$82,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$107,000
1990Toronto Blue Jays$275,000
1991Toronto Blue Jays$800,000
1992Toronto Blue Jays$2,063,000
1993Detroit Tigers$1,450,000
1994Detroit Tigers$2,500,000
1995Detroit Tigers$2,191,667
1996Baltimore Orioles$3,200,000
1997New York Yankees$3,766,667
1998New York Yankees$4,666,666
1999Toronto Blue Jays$4,816,667
2000Toronto Blue Jays$5,500,000
2001Chicago White Sox$9,250,000
2002New York Yankees$2,250,000
2003New York Yankees$3,250,000
2004San Diego Padres$1,250,000
2005Boston Red Sox$4,075,000
2006Boston Red Sox$4,075,000
2007San Diego Padres$3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$58,568,667

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