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Tom Seaver
George Thomas Seaver (Tom Terrific)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 206 lb.

Born: November 17, 1944 in Fresno, CA
High School: Fresno (Fresno, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1967
Final Game: September 19, 1986
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1992 (425/430 ballots).
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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
1967 22 NYM NL 16 13 .552 2.76 35 34 1 18 2 0 251.0 224 85 77 19 78 6 170 5 0 5 1029 122 1.203 8.0 0.7 2.8 6.1 2.18 AS,MVP-22,RoY-1
1968 23 NYM NL 16 12 .571 2.20 36 35 1 14 5 1 277.2 224 73 68 15 48 5 205 8 1 8 1088 137 0.980 7.3 0.5 1.6 6.6 4.27 AS
1969 24 NYM NL 25 7 .781 2.21 36 35 1 18 5 0 273.1 202 75 67 24 82 9 208 7 1 8 1089 165 1.039 6.7 0.8 2.7 6.8 2.54 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1970 25 NYM NL 18 12 .600 2.82 37 36 1 19 2 0 290.2 230 103 91 21 83 8 283 4 0 6 1173 142 1.077 7.1 0.7 2.6 8.8 3.41 AS,CYA-7,MVP-29
1971 26 NYM NL 20 10 .667 1.76 36 35 1 21 4 0 286.1 210 61 56 18 61 2 289 4 1 5 1103 193 0.946 6.6 0.6 1.9 9.1 4.74 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1972 27 NYM NL 21 12 .636 2.92 35 35 0 13 3 0 262.0 215 92 85 23 77 2 249 5 0 8 1060 115 1.115 7.4 0.8 2.6 8.6 3.23 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1973 28 NYM NL 19 10 .655 2.08 36 36 0 18 3 0 290.0 219 74 67 23 64 5 251 4 0 5 1147 175 0.976 6.8 0.7 2.0 7.8 3.92 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
1974 29 NYM NL 11 11 .500 3.20 32 32 0 12 5 0 236.0 199 89 84 19 75 10 201 3 2 4 956 112 1.161 7.6 0.7 2.9 7.7 2.68
1975 30 NYM NL 22 9 .710 2.38 36 36 0 15 5 0 280.1 217 81 74 11 88 6 243 4 1 7 1115 145 1.088 7.0 0.4 2.8 7.8 2.76 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1976 31 NYM NL 14 11 .560 2.59 35 34 0 13 5 0 271.0 211 83 78 14 77 9 235 4 0 12 1079 127 1.063 7.0 0.5 2.6 7.8 3.05 AS,CYA-8
1977 32 TOT NL 21 6 .778 2.58 33 33 0 19 7 0 261.1 199 78 75 19 66 6 196 0 1 7 1031 150 1.014 6.9 0.7 2.3 6.8 2.97 AS,CYA-3,MVP-25
1977 32 NYM NL 7 3 .700 3.00 13 13 0 5 3 0 96.0 79 33 32 7 28 3 72 0 1 3 390 124 1.115 7.4 0.7 2.6 6.8 2.57
1977 32 CIN NL 14 3 .824 2.34 20 20 0 14 4 0 165.1 120 45 43 12 38 3 124 0 0 4 641 169 0.956 6.5 0.7 2.1 6.8 3.26
1978 33 CIN NL 16 14 .533 2.88 36 36 0 8 1 0 259.2 218 97 83 26 89 11 226 0 1 6 1075 124 1.182 7.6 0.9 3.1 7.8 2.54 AS
1979 34 CIN NL 16 6 .727 3.14 32 32 0 9 5 0 215.0 187 85 75 16 61 6 131 0 0 4 868 120 1.153 7.8 0.7 2.6 5.5 2.15 CYA-4,MVP-21
1980 35 CIN NL 10 8 .556 3.64 26 26 0 5 1 0 168.0 140 74 68 24 59 3 101 1 0 4 692 99 1.185 7.5 1.3 3.2 5.4 1.71
1981 36 CIN NL 14 2 .875 2.54 23 23 0 6 1 0 166.1 120 51 47 10 66 8 87 3 0 5 671 140 1.118 6.5 0.5 3.6 4.7 1.32 AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1982 37 CIN NL 5 13 .278 5.50 21 21 0 0 0 0 111.1 136 75 68 14 44 4 62 3 0 3 501 67 1.617 11.0 1.1 3.6 5.0 1.41
1983 38 NYM NL 9 14 .391 3.55 34 34 0 5 2 0 231.0 201 104 91 18 86 5 135 4 0 10 962 103 1.242 7.8 0.7 3.4 5.3 1.57
1984 39 CHW AL 15 11 .577 3.95 34 33 1 10 4 0 236.2 216 108 104 27 61 3 131 2 0 5 978 105 1.170 8.2 1.0 2.3 5.0 2.15
1985 40 CHW AL 16 11 .593 3.17 35 33 0 6 1 0 238.2 223 103 84 22 69 6 134 8 0 10 993 136 1.223 8.4 0.8 2.6 5.1 1.94
1986 41 TOT AL 7 13 .350 4.03 28 28 0 2 0 0 176.1 180 83 79 17 56 2 103 7 0 4 759 106 1.338 9.2 0.9 2.9 5.3 1.84
1986 41 CHW AL 2 6 .250 4.38 12 12 0 1 0 0 72.0 66 37 35 9 27 1 31 5 0 1 309 100 1.292 8.3 1.1 3.4 3.9 1.15
1986 41 BOS AL 5 7 .417 3.80 16 16 0 1 0 0 104.1 114 46 44 8 29 1 72 2 0 3 450 110 1.371 9.8 0.7 2.5 6.2 2.48
20 Seasons 311 205 .603 2.86 656 647 6 231 61 1 4782.2 3971 1674 1521 380 1390 116 3640 76 8 126 19369 127 1.121 7.5 0.7 2.6 6.8 2.62
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .603 2.86 34 34 0 12 3 0 250 207 87 79 20 73 6 190 4 0 7 1011 127 1.121 7.5 0.7 2.6 6.8 2.62
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
NYM (12 yrs) 198 124 .615 2.57 401 395 5 171 44 1 3045.1 2431 953 870 212 847 70 2541 52 7 81 12191 136 1.076 7.2 0.6 2.5 7.5 3.00
CIN (6 yrs) 75 46 .620 3.18 158 158 0 42 12 0 1085.2 921 427 384 102 357 35 731 7 1 26 4448 116 1.177 7.6 0.8 3.0 6.1 2.05
CHW (3 yrs) 33 28 .541 3.67 81 78 1 17 5 0 547.1 505 248 223 58 157 10 296 15 0 16 2280 116 1.210 8.3 1.0 2.6 4.9 1.89
BOS (1 yr) 5 7 .417 3.80 16 16 0 1 0 0 104.1 114 46 44 8 29 1 72 2 0 3 450 110 1.371 9.8 0.7 2.5 6.2 2.48
NL (17 yrs) 273 170 .616 2.73 559 553 5 213 56 1 4131.0 3352 1380 1254 314 1204 105 3272 59 8 107 16639 130 1.103 7.3 0.7 2.6 7.1 2.72
AL (3 yrs) 38 35 .521 3.69 97 94 1 18 5 0 651.2 619 294 267 66 186 11 368 17 0 19 2730 115 1.235 8.5 0.9 2.6 5.1 1.98

Postseason Pitching

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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
1969 24 NYM NL NLCS W ATL 1 0 1.000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 5 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 33 1.571 10.3 2.6 3.9 2.6 0.67
1969 24 NYM NL WS W BAL 1 1 .500 3.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 12 5 5 1 3 0 9 0 0 0 61 1.000 7.2 0.6 1.8 5.4 3.00
1973 28 NYM NL NLCS W CIN 1 1 .500 1.62 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.2 13 4 3 2 5 2 17 1 0 1 69 1.080 7.0 1.1 2.7 9.2 3.40
1973 28 NYM NL WS L OAK 0 1 .000 2.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 13 4 4 0 3 0 18 0 0 1 62 1.067 7.8 0.0 1.8 10.8 6.00
1979 34 CIN NL NLCS L PIT 0 0 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 2 2 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 30 0.875 5.6 1.1 2.3 5.6 2.50
3 Seasons (5 Series) 3 3 .500 2.77 8 8 0 2 0 0 61.2 51 20 19 6 16 4 51 2 0 2 255 1.086 7.4 0.9 2.3 7.4 3.19
3 NLCS 2 1 .667 2.84 4 4 0 1 0 0 31.2 26 11 10 5 10 4 24 2 0 1 132 1.137 7.4 1.4 2.8 6.8 2.40
2 WS 1 2 .333 2.70 4 4 0 1 0 0 30.0 25 9 9 1 6 0 27 0 0 1 123 1.033 7.5 0.3 1.8 8.1 4.50

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1967 22 NYM NL 36 93 77 5 11 2 0 0 5 2 0 8 24 .143 .230 .169 .399 17 13 0 1 6 1 0 1 AS,MVP-22,RoY-1
1968 23 NYM NL 38 101 95 5 15 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 44 .158 .184 .179 .363 10 17 0 0 3 0 0 1 AS
1969 24 NYM NL 39 104 91 7 11 3 0 0 6 1 0 7 34 .121 .200 .154 .354 -0 14 0 2 4 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1970 25 NYM NL 42 112 95 9 17 1 1 1 10 0 0 10 31 .179 .257 .242 .499 35 23 1 0 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-7,MVP-29
1971 26 NYM NL 39 109 92 8 18 3 0 1 7 0 0 6 31 .196 .245 .261 .506 45 24 1 0 11 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1972 27 NYM NL 36 100 89 5 13 3 1 3 4 0 0 5 41 .146 .191 .303 .495 41 27 1 0 6 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1973 28 NYM NL 39 109 93 9 15 2 1 1 5 1 0 7 34 .161 .220 .237 .457 28 22 3 0 9 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
1974 29 NYM NL 32 87 71 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 28 .099 .200 .099 .299 -14 7 3 0 7 0 0 1
1975 30 NYM NL 37 111 95 7 17 1 0 0 5 0 0 8 24 .179 .250 .189 .439 26 18 2 1 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1976 31 NYM NL 35 100 82 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 26 .085 .176 .085 .261 -22 7 1 0 9 0 0 1 AS,CYA-8
1977 32 TOT NL 33 104 86 11 17 1 0 3 9 0 0 4 33 .198 .231 .314 .545 45 27 2 0 13 1 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-25
1977 32 NYM NL 13 36 31 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 12 .161 .206 .161 .367 3 5 0 0 2 1 0 1
1977 32 CIN NL 20 68 55 10 12 1 0 3 5 0 0 2 21 .218 .246 .400 .646 69 22 2 0 11 0 0 1
1978 33 CIN NL 36 95 74 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 8 31 .122 .207 .135 .342 -2 10 0 0 13 0 0 1 AS
1979 34 CIN NL 33 81 76 3 12 3 0 2 8 0 0 1 29 .158 .169 .276 .445 19 21 2 0 4 0 0 1 CYA-4,MVP-21
1980 35 CIN NL 26 60 46 5 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 7 17 .130 .245 .196 .441 25 9 0 0 7 0 0 1
1981 36 CIN NL 23 68 55 3 11 1 0 1 6 0 0 8 16 .200 .297 .273 .570 62 15 2 0 4 1 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1982 37 CIN NL 22 41 34 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .176 .222 .235 .458 28 8 2 0 5 0 0 1
1983 38 NYM NL 34 77 64 6 10 0 2 0 4 0 0 6 26 .156 .225 .219 .444 25 14 2 0 6 1 0 1
1984 39 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 40 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Seasons 582 1552 1315 99 202 28 5 12 86 4 0 108 485 .154 .219 .210 .429 22 276 22 4 121 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 432 366 28 56 8 1 3 24 1 0 30 135 .154 .219 .210 .429 22 77 6 1 34 1 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYM (12 yrs) 420 1139 975 70 146 17 5 6 60 4 0 80 355 .150 .217 .196 .412 18 191 14 4 77 3 0
CIN (6 yrs) 160 413 340 29 56 11 0 6 26 0 0 28 130 .165 .228 .250 .478 32 85 8 0 44 1 0
CHW (3 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (17 yrs) 580 1552 1315 99 202 28 5 12 86 4 0 108 485 .154 .219 .210 .429 22 276 22 4 121 4 0
AL (3 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 24 NYM NL NLCS ATL W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 24 NYM NL WS BAL W 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1973 28 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 2 7 6 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .667 1.095 4 0 0 0 0 0
1973 28 NYM NL WS OAK L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 34 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 8 21 20 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .100 .143 .200 .343 4 1 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 4 12 11 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .364 .614 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 NYM NL 22 P 35 34 251.0 56 17 38 1 3 .982 1.97 1.57 .959 2.00 0.78 AS,MVP-22,RoY-1
1968 NYM NL 23 P 36 35 278.0 70 21 48 1 4 .986 2.23 1.92 .957 2.01 0.85 AS
1969 NYM NL 24 P 36 35 273.1 68 18 48 2 7 .971 2.17 1.83 .957 1.95 0.78 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1970 NYM NL 25 P 37 36 290.2 68 19 46 3 3 .956 2.01 1.76 .951 1.85 0.71 AS,CYA-7,MVP-29
1971 NYM NL 26 P 36 35 286.1 56 17 38 1 3 .982 1.73 1.53 .952 1.90 0.78 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1972 NYM NL 27 P 35 35 262.0 60 17 40 3 3 .950 1.96 1.63 .950 1.78 0.73 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1973 NYM NL 28 P 36 36 290.0 66 26 35 5 1 .924 1.89 1.69 .952 1.88 0.73 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
1974 NYM NL 29 P 32 32 236.0 52 9 42 1 7 .981 1.94 1.59 .942 1.88 0.71
1975 NYM NL 30 P 36 36 280.1 68 21 43 4 6 .941 2.05 1.78 .946 1.86 0.72 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1976 NYM NL 31 P 35 34 271.0 54 12 41 1 3 .981 1.76 1.51 .948 1.88 0.72 AS,CYA-8
1977 TOT NL 32 P 33 33 261.1 47 13 33 1 3 .979 1.58 1.39 .949 1.85 0.67 AS,CYA-3,MVP-25
1977 NYM NL 32 P 13 13 96.0 24 6 17 1 0 .958 2.16 1.77 .950 1.85 0.67
1977 CIN NL 32 P 20 20 165.1 23 7 16 0 3 1.000 1.25 1.15 .948 1.85 0.67
1978 CIN NL 33 P 36 36 259.2 49 15 28 6 2 .878 1.49 1.19 .955 1.91 0.72 AS
1979 CIN NL 34 P 32 32 215.0 50 22 26 2 2 .960 2.01 1.50 .950 1.80 0.66 CYA-4,MVP-21
1980 CIN NL 35 P 26 26 168.0 42 16 26 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.62 .950 1.91 0.69
1981 CIN NL 36 P 23 23 166.1 31 8 22 1 1 .968 1.62 1.30 .958 1.97 0.68 AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1982 CIN NL 37 P 21 21 111.1 20 7 11 2 1 .900 1.46 0.86 .955 1.96 0.70
1983 NYM NL 38 P 34 34 231.0 54 22 28 4 0 .926 1.95 1.47 .954 1.92 0.68
1984 CHW AL 39 P 34 33 236.2 51 11 40 0 2 1.000 1.94 1.50 .957 1.79 0.70
1985 CHW AL 40 P 35 33 238.2 65 20 43 2 2 .969 2.38 1.80 .952 1.86 0.70
1986 TOT AL 41 P 28 28 176.1 35 17 16 2 1 .943 1.68 1.18 .957 1.83 0.68
1986 CHW AL 41 P 12 12 72.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.92 .955 1.82 0.68
1986 BOS AL 41 P 16 16 104.1 24 13 9 2 1 .917 1.90 1.38 .958 1.83 0.68
20 Seasons P 656 647 4783.0 1062 328 692 42 54 .960 1.92 1.55 .952 1.89 0.72
20 Seasons TOT 656 647 4783.0 1062 328 692 42 54 .960 1.92 1.55 .913 1.89 0.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1992 BBWAA (98.8%)
Selected to HOF in 1992 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1967 *
1968 *
1969
1970 (P)
1971
1972
1973 *
1975 *
1976 *
1977 *
1978
1981 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1967 NL Rookie of the Year
1969 NL Cy Young
1969 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1973 NL Cy Young
1975 NL Cy Young
1975 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 NL (22, 2%)
1969 NL (2, 72%)
1970 NL (29, 1%)
1971 NL (9, 14%)
1972 NL (25, 1%)
1973 NL (8, 17%)
1975 NL (9, 19%)
1977 NL (25, 0%)
1979 NL (21, 3%)
1981 NL (10, 10%)
1.39 Career Shares (158th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (1, 96%)
1970 NL (7, 3%)
1971 NL (2, 51%)
1972 NL (5, 5%)
1973 NL (1, 59%)
1975 NL (1, 82%)
1976 NL (8, 1%)
1977 NL (3, 15%)
1979 NL (4, 17%)
1981 NL (2, 56%)
3 Cy Youngs
3.85 Career Shares (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1968 NL  2.204 (7th)
1969 NL  2.206 (4th)
1970 NL  2.818 (1st)
1971 NL  1.760 (1st)
1973 NL  2.079 (1st)
1975 NL  2.376 (3rd)
1976 NL  2.590 (3rd)
1977 NL  2.583 (2nd)
1978 NL  2.877 (10th)
1979 NL  3.140 (10th)
1981 NL  2.543 (8th)
1985 AL  3.168 (6th)
Career  2.862 (123rd)

Wins s c a p y
1967 NL  16 (5th)
1968 NL  16 (8th)
1969 NL  25 (1st)
1970 NL  18 (5th)
1971 NL  20 (2nd)
1972 NL  21 (2nd)
1973 NL  19 (2nd)
1975 NL  22 (1st)
1977 NL  21 (2nd)
1978 NL  16 (9th)
1979 NL  16 (7th)
1981 NL  14 (1st)
1985 AL  16 (9th)
Career  311 (18th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1969 NL  .781 (2nd)
1971 NL  .667 (5th)
1973 NL  .655 (4th)
1975 NL  .710 (2nd)
1977 NL  .778 (2nd)
1979 NL  .727 (1st)
1981 NL  .875 (1st)
Career  .603 (104th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1968 NL  .980 (2nd)
1969 NL  1.039 (5th)
1970 NL  1.077 (2nd)
1971 NL  .946 (1st)
1972 NL  1.115 (8th)
1973 NL  .976 (1st)
1974 NL  1.161 (8th)
1975 NL  1.088 (4th)
1976 NL  1.063 (3rd)
1977 NL  1.014 (1st)
1979 NL  1.154 (3rd)
1980 NL  1.185 (9th)
1981 NL  1.118 (8th)
1984 AL  1.170 (8th)
1985 AL  1.224 (10th)
Career  1.121 (32nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL  7.261 (6th)
1969 NL  6.651 (1st)
1970 NL  7.122 (2nd)
1971 NL  6.601 (2nd)
1972 NL  7.386 (4th)
1973 NL  6.797 (1st)
1974 NL  7.589 (7th)
1975 NL  6.967 (2nd)
1976 NL  7.007 (2nd)
1977 NL  6.853 (1st)
1978 NL  7.556 (6th)
1979 NL  7.828 (6th)
1980 NL  7.500 (4th)
1981 NL  6.493 (2nd)
1983 NL  7.831 (7th)
Career  7.473 (32nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL  1.556 (3rd)
1971 NL  1.917 (6th)
1973 NL  1.986 (5th)
1977 NL  2.273 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL  8.763 (1st)
1971 NL  9.084 (1st)
1972 NL  8.553 (1st)
1973 NL  7.790 (1st)
1974 NL  7.665 (1st)
1975 NL  7.801 (3rd)
1976 NL  7.804 (1st)
1977 NL  6.750 (4th)
1978 NL  7.833 (2nd)
Career  6.850 (99th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  656 (120th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1967 NL  251.0 (8th)
1968 NL  277.7 (5th)
1970 NL  290.7 (4th)
1971 NL  286.3 (3rd)
1972 NL  262.0 (7th)
1973 NL  290.0 (3rd)
1975 NL  280.3 (3rd)
1976 NL  271.0 (3rd)
1977 NL  261.3 (5th)
1978 NL  259.7 (6th)
1981 NL  166.3 (4th)
1983 NL  231.0 (10th)
Career  4782.7 (18th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1967 NL  170 (8th)
1968 NL  205 (6th)
1969 NL  208 (10th)
1970 NL  283 (1st)
1971 NL  289 (1st)
1972 NL  249 (2nd)
1973 NL  251 (1st)
1974 NL  201 (3rd)
1975 NL  243 (1st)
1976 NL  235 (1st)
1977 NL  196 (5th)
1978 NL  226 (3rd)
1981 NL  87 (10th)
Career  3640 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1967 NL  34 (8th)
1968 NL  35 (8th)
1970 NL  36 (9th)
1972 NL  35 (5th)
1973 NL  36 (7th)
1975 NL  36 (7th)
1978 NL  36 (3rd)
1981 NL  23 (10th)
1983 NL  34 (9th)
Career  647 (15th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1967 NL  18 (2nd)
1968 NL  14 (7th)
1969 NL  18 (7th)
1970 NL  19 (4th)
1971 NL  21 (2nd)
1972 NL  13 (8th)
1973 NL  18 (1st)
1974 NL  12 (9th)
1975 NL  15 (3rd)
1976 NL  13 (6th)
1977 NL  19 (2nd)
1981 NL  6 (6th)
1984 AL  10 (9th)
Career  231 (99th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1968 NL  5 (7th)
1969 NL  5 (6th)
1971 NL  4 (5th)
1973 NL  3 (7th)
1974 NL  5 (3rd)
1975 NL  5 (4th)
1976 NL  5 (3rd)
1977 NL  7 (1st)
1979 NL  5 (1st)
1984 AL  4 (3rd)
Career  61 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  19 (10th)
1969 NL  24 (6th)
1972 NL  23 (2nd)
1974 NL  19 (9th)
1978 NL  26 (3rd)
1980 NL  24 (3rd)
1984 AL  27 (6th)
Career  380 (16th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 NL  78 (5th)
1978 NL  89 (5th)
1981 NL  66 (4th)
Career  1390 (19th)

Hits s c a p y
1967 NL  224 (10th)
Career  3971 (40th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1968 NL  4.271 (3rd)
1970 NL  3.410 (2nd)
1971 NL  4.738 (2nd)
1972 NL  3.234 (3rd)
1973 NL  3.922 (1st)
1974 NL  2.680 (1st)
1975 NL  2.761 (2nd)
1976 NL  3.052 (2nd)
1977 NL  2.970 (1st)
1978 NL  2.539 (6th)
Career  2.619 (61st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL  .650 (10th)
1975 NL  .353 (2nd)
1977 NL  .654 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1967 NL  13 (9th)
1978 NL  14 (8th)
1982 NL  13 (10th)
1983 NL  14 (4th)
Career  205 (40th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1972 NL  85 (10th)
1984 AL  104 (7th)
Career  1521 (36th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1976 NL  12 (5th)
1983 NL  10 (6th)
1985 AL  10 (8th)
Career  126 (40th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 NL  8 (6th)
1981 NL  3 (10th)
1985 AL  8 (6th)
Career  76 (128th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1967 NL  1029 (8th)
1968 NL  1088 (6th)
1970 NL  1173 (6th)
1971 NL  1103 (9th)
1972 NL  1060 (8th)
1973 NL  1147 (5th)
1975 NL  1115 (5th)
1976 NL  1079 (5th)
1977 NL  1031 (6th)
1978 NL  1075 (3rd)
1981 NL  671 (5th)
Career  19369 (18th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1967 NL  122 (9th)
1968 NL  137 (5th)
1969 NL  165 (2nd)
1970 NL  142 (1st)
1971 NL  193 (1st)
1973 NL  175 (1st)
1975 NL  145 (3rd)
1976 NL  127 (4th)
1977 NL  150 (4th)
1978 NL  124 (8th)
1979 NL  120 (9th)
1981 NL  140 (6th)
1985 AL  136 (5th)
Career  127 (45th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1971 NL  11 (10th)
1977 NL  13 (3rd)
1978 NL  13 (8th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 AL  $1,136,262 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1984 AL  born 1944-11-17 (8th)
1985 AL  born 1944-11-17 (4th)
1986 AL  born 1944-11-17 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 60 (19), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 292 (10), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 244 (13), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 66 (10), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Tom Glavine (868)
  2. Gaylord Perry (866) *
  3. Don Sutton (866) *
  4. Mickey Welch (866) *
  5. Bert Blyleven (864)
  6. Tim Keefe (850) *
  7. Fergie Jenkins (842) *
  8. Bob Gibson (836) *
  9. Greg Maddux (833)
  10. Roger Clemens (828)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Addie Joss (992) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Andy Coakley (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Hod Eller (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Cy Young (963) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Roger Clemens (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roger Clemens (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roger Clemens (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Roger Clemens (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Roger Clemens (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Greg Maddux (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Greg Maddux (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Greg Maddux (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Palmer (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jim Palmer (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Roger Clemens (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Roger Clemens (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Bob Gibson (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Roger Clemens (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Roger Clemens (892)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Don Sutton (900) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bob Feller (988) *
  2. Lefty Grove (982) *
  3. Mel Harder (972)
  4. Jim Bunning (971) *
  5. John Smoltz (966)
  6. Larry Jackson (966)
  7. Rick Reuschel (966)
  8. Stan Coveleski (966) *
  9. Juan Marichal (964) *
  10. Dazzy Vance (964) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ken Holtzman (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mel Stottlemyre (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mel Stottlemyre (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike McCormick (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jerry Reuss (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike McCormick (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Juan Marichal (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Feller (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lefty Grove (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bob Feller (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Feller (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Lefty Grove (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Lefty Grove (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Lefty Grove (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Lefty Grove (982) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 10th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 29, 1966: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1966, but pick was voided.

April 3, 1966: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1977: Traded by the New York Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, Dan Norman and Pat Zachry.

December 16, 1982: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Mets for Jason Felice (minors), Lloyd McClendon and Charlie Puleo.

January 20, 1984: Chosen by the Chicago White Sox from the New York Mets as a Free Agent compensation pick.

June 29, 1986: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Boston Red Sox for Steve Lyons.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago White Sox$1,136,262
1986Chicago White Sox$1,132,652
Career (may be incomplete)$2,268,914
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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