David Cone

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: January 2, 1963 in Kansas City, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rockhurst HS (Kansas City, MO).

High School: Rockhurst HS (Kansas City, MO)

Debut: June 8, 1986 (Age 23-157d, 15,181st in major league history)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 28, 2003 (Age 40-146d)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Steve Fehr

Full Name: David Brian Cone

Nicknames: Coney

Twitter: @dcone36

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.3

194

126

ERA

3.46

450

419

2898.2

2668

WHIP

1.256

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1981	18	KCR-min	Rk	6	4	.600	2.55	14	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	52	24	19	0	33	1	45	3	3	8				1.269	7.0	0.0	4.4	6.0	1.36	RYB GULF
1982	19	KCR-min	A	16	3	.842	2.08	26	25	1	7	2	0	177.0	140	59	41	5	72	0	144	7	2	10				1.198	7.1	0.3	3.7	7.3	2.00	CHS,FTM SALL,FLOR
1983			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
1984	21	KCR-min	AA	8	12	.400	4.28	29	29	0	9	1	0	178.2	162	103	85	9	114	1	110	5	4	27				1.545	8.2	0.5	5.7	5.5	0.96	MEM SOUL
1985	22	KCR-min	AAA	9	15	.375	4.65	28	27	0	5	1	0	158.2	157	90	82	13	93	3	115	2	4	7				1.576	8.9	0.7	5.3	6.5	1.24	OMA AA
1986	23	KCR-min	AAA	8	4	.667	2.79	39	2	33	2	0	14	71.0	60	23	22	3	25	4	63	3	1	6				1.197	7.6	0.4	3.2	8.0	2.52	OMA AA
1986	23	KCR	AL	0	0		5.56	11	0	5	0	0	0	22.2	29	14	14	2	13	1	21	1	0	3	108	77	3.92	1.853	11.5	0.8	5.2	8.3	1.62
1987	24	NYM-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.73	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	10	8	7	1	6	0	7	1	0	0				1.455	8.2	0.8	4.9	5.7	1.17	TID IL
1987	24	NYM	NL	5	6	.455	3.71	21	13	3	1	0	1	99.1	87	46	41	11	44	1	68	5	4	2	420	103	4.42	1.319	7.9	1.0	4.0	6.2	1.55
1988	25	NYM	NL	20	3	*.870*	2.22	35	28	0	8	4	0	231.1	178	67	57	10	80	7	213	4	10	10	936	145	2.58	1.115	6.9	0.4	3.1	8.3	2.66	AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1989	26	NYM	NL	14	8	.636	3.52	34	33	0	7	2	0	219.2	183	92	86	20	74	6	190	4	4	14	910	93	3.28	1.170	7.5	0.8	3.0	7.8	2.57
1990	27	NYM	NL	14	10	.583	3.23	31	30	1	6	2	0	211.2	177	84	76	21	65	1	*233*	1	4	10	860	117	2.83	1.143	7.5	0.9	2.8	9.9	3.58
1991	28	NYM	NL	14	14	.500	3.29	34	34	0	5	2	0	232.2	204	95	85	13	73	2	*241*	5	1	17	966	111	*2.52*	1.191	7.9	0.5	2.8	9.3	3.30
1992	29	TOT	MLB	17	10	.630	2.81	35	34	0	7	5	0	249.2	201	91	78	15	111	7	261	12	1	12	1055	129	2.95	1.250	7.2	0.5	4.0	9.4	2.35	AS
1992	29	NYM	NL	13	7	.650	2.88	27	27	0	7	5	0	196.2	162	75	63	12	82	5	214	9	1	9	831	122	2.79	1.241	7.4	0.5	3.8	9.8	2.61
1992	29	TOR	AL	4	3	.571	2.55	8	7	0	0	0	0	53.0	39	16	15	3	29	2	47	3	0	3	224	161	3.56	1.283	6.6	0.5	4.9	8.0	1.62
1993	30	KCR	AL	11	14	.440	3.33	34	34	0	6	1	0	254.0	205	102	94	20	114	2	191	10	2	14	1060	138	3.97	1.256	7.3	0.7	4.0	6.8	1.68
1994	31	KCR	AL	16	5	.762	2.94	23	23	0	4	3	0	171.2	130	60	56	15	54	0	132	7	1	5	690	171	3.80	1.072	6.8	0.8	2.8	6.9	2.44	AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1995	32	TOT	AL	18	8	.692	3.57	30	30	0	6	2	0	*229.1*	195	95	91	24	88	2	191	6	1	11	*954*	131	4.03	1.234	7.7	0.9	3.5	7.5	2.17	CYA-4
1995	32	TOR	AL	9	6	.600	3.38	17	17	0	5	2	0	130.1	113	53	49	12	41	2	102	5	1	6	537	140	3.79	1.182	7.8	0.8	2.8	7.0	2.49
1995	32	NYY	AL	9	2	.818	3.82	13	13	0	1	0	0	99.0	82	42	42	12	47	0	89	1	0	5	417	122	4.34	1.303	7.5	1.1	4.3	8.1	1.89
1996	33	NYY-min	AA	0	0		0.90	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	9	3	1	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	38			1.000	8.1	0.9	0.9	11.7	13.00	NCH EL
1996	33	NYY	AL	7	2	.778	2.88	11	11	0	1	0	0	72.0	50	25	23	3	34	0	71	2	1	4	295	175	3.24	1.167	6.3	0.4	4.3	8.9	2.09
1997	34	NYY	AL	12	6	.667	2.82	29	29	0	1	0	0	195.0	155	67	61	17	86	2	222	4	2	14	805	159	3.35	1.236	7.2	0.8	4.0	10.2	2.58	AS
1998	35	NYY	AL	20	7	.741	3.55	31	31	0	3	0	0	207.2	186	89	82	20	59	1	209	15	0	6	866	125	3.45	1.180	8.1	0.9	2.6	9.1	3.54	CYA-4
1999	36	NYY	AL	12	9	.571	3.44	31	31	0	1	1	0	193.1	164	84	74	21	90	2	177	11	1	7	827	136	4.28	1.314	7.6	1.0	4.2	8.2	1.97	AS,CYA-6
2000	37	NYY	AL	4	14	.222	6.91	30	29	0	0	0	0	155.0	192	124	119	25	82	3	120	9	0	11	733	70	5.44	1.768	11.1	1.5	4.8	7.0	1.46
2001	38	BOS-min	A+	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	14			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5		SAR FLOR
2001	38	BOS	AL	9	7	.563	4.31	25	25	0	0	0	0	135.2	148	74	65	17	57	4	115	10	0	9	614	104	4.46	1.511	9.8	1.1	3.8	7.6	2.02
2002			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2003	40	NYM-min	A+	0	1	.000	2.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	10	4	4	1	3	0	6	0	0	3	51			1.026	7.1	0.7	2.1	4.3	2.00	SCE FLOR
2003	40	NYM	NL	1	3	.250	6.50	5	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	20	13	13	4	13	1	13	0	0	0	85	66	6.64	1.833	10.0	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.00
17 Yrs				194	126	.606	3.46	450	419	9	56	22	1	2898.2	2504	1222	1115	258	1137	42	2668	106	32	149	12184	121	3.57	1.256	7.8	0.8	3.5	8.3	2.35
162 Game Avg.				15	10	.606	3.46	35	33	1	4	2	0	227	196	96	87	20	89	3	209	8	3	12	953	121	3.57	1.256	7.8	0.8	3.5	8.3	2.35
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYM (7 yrs)				81	51	.614	3.13	187	169	4	34	15	1	1209.1	1011	472	421	91	431	23	1172	28	24	62	5008	112	2.98	1.192	7.5	0.7	3.2	8.7	2.72
NYY (6 yrs)				64	40	.615	3.91	145	144	0	7	1	0	922.0	829	431	401	98	398	8	888	42	4	47	3943	118	4.02	1.331	8.1	1.0	3.9	8.7	2.23
KCR (3 yrs)				27	19	.587	3.29	68	57	5	10	4	0	448.1	364	176	164	37	181	3	344	18	3	22	1858	144	3.90	1.216	7.3	0.7	3.6	6.9	1.90
TOR (2 yrs)				13	9	.591	3.14	25	24	0	5	2	0	183.1	152	69	64	15	70	4	149	8	1	9	761	145	3.73	1.211	7.5	0.7	3.4	7.3	2.13
BOS (1 yr)				9	7	.563	4.31	25	25	0	0	0	0	135.2	148	74	65	17	57	4	115	10	0	9	614	104	4.46	1.511	9.8	1.1	3.8	7.6	2.02

AL (11 yrs)				113	75	.601	3.70	263	250	5	22	7	0	1689.1	1493	750	694	167	706	19	1496	78	8	87	7176	126	3.99	1.302	8.0	0.9	3.8	8.0	2.12
NL (7 yrs)				81	51	.614	3.13	187	169	4	34	15	1	1209.1	1011	472	421	91	431	23	1172	28	24	62	5008	112	2.98	1.192	7.5	0.7	3.2	8.7	2.72

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