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Steve Avery

Steven Thomas Avery

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 14, 1970 in Trenton, MI
High School: John F. Kennedy HS (Taylor, MI)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1990 (Age 20.060, 13,380th in MLB history)   vs. CIN 2.1 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 8 ER, L
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season [*]
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox/Tigers/Reds 1990-2003
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Last Game: July 20, 2003 (Age 33.097)
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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+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W Awards
1990 20 ATL NL 3 11 .214 5.64 21 20 1 1 1 0 99.0 121 79 62 7 45 2 75 2 1 5 466 72 3.64 1.677 11.0 0.6 4.1 6.8 1.67
1991 21 ATL NL 18 8 .692 3.38 35 35 0 3 1 0 210.1 189 89 79 21 65 0 137 3 1 4 868 116 3.82 1.208 8.1 0.9 2.8 5.9 2.11 CYA-6
1992 22 ATL NL 11 11 .500 3.20 35 35 0 2 2 0 233.2 216 95 83 14 71 3 129 0 3 7 969 115 3.37 1.228 8.3 0.5 2.7 5.0 1.82
1993 ★ 23 ATL NL 18 6 .750 2.94 35 35 0 3 1 0 223.1 216 81 73 14 43 5 125 0 1 3 891 136 3.26 1.160 8.7 0.6 1.7 5.0 2.91 AS
1994 24 ATL NL 8 3 .727 4.04 24 24 0 1 0 0 151.2 127 71 68 15 55 4 122 4 2 5 628 105 3.97 1.200 7.5 0.9 3.3 7.2 2.22
1995 25 ATL NL 7 13 .350 4.67 29 29 0 3 1 0 173.1 165 92 90 22 52 4 141 6 0 3 724 91 4.13 1.252 8.6 1.1 2.7 7.3 2.71
1996 26 ATL NL 7 10 .412 4.47 24 23 0 1 0 0 131.0 146 70 65 10 40 8 86 4 0 5 567 99 3.86 1.420 10.0 0.7 2.7 5.9 2.15
1997 27 BOS AL 6 7 .462 6.42 22 18 1 0 0 0 96.2 127 76 69 15 49 0 51 2 0 4 453 73 5.65 1.821 11.8 1.4 4.6 4.7 1.04
1998 28 BOS AL 10 7 .588 5.02 34 23 4 0 0 0 123.2 128 74 69 14 64 0 57 4 0 7 546 94 5.34 1.553 9.3 1.0 4.7 4.1 0.89
1999 29 CIN NL 6 7 .462 5.16 19 19 0 0 0 0 96.0 75 62 55 11 78 0 51 1 1 4 426 91 6.03 1.594 7.0 1.0 7.3 4.8 0.65
2001 Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2002 Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2003 33 DET AL 2 0 1.000 5.63 19 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 19 11 10 5 7 1 6 0 0 0 71 78 7.66 1.625 10.7 2.8 3.9 3.4 0.86
11 Yrs 96 83 .536 4.19 297 261 11 14 6 0 1554.2 1529 800 723 148 569 27 980 26 9 47 6609 100 4.12 1.349 8.9 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.72
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .536 4.19 36 32 1 2 1 0 189 186 97 88 18 69 3 119 3 1 6 805 100 4.12 1.349 8.9 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.72
ATL (7 yrs) 72 62 .537 3.83 203 201 1 14 6 0 1222.1 1180 577 520 103 371 26 815 19 8 32 5113 105 3.68 1.269 8.7 0.8 2.7 6.0 2.20
BOS (2 yrs) 16 14 .533 5.64 56 41 5 0 0 0 220.1 255 150 138 29 113 0 108 6 0 11 999 83 5.48 1.670 10.4 1.2 4.6 4.4 0.96
CIN (1 yr) 6 7 .462 5.16 19 19 0 0 0 0 96.0 75 62 55 11 78 0 51 1 1 4 426 91 6.03 1.594 7.0 1.0 7.3 4.8 0.65
DET (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 5.63 19 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 19 11 10 5 7 1 6 0 0 0 71 78 7.66 1.625 10.7 2.8 3.9 3.4 0.86
NL (8 yrs) 78 69 .531 3.93 222 220 1 14 6 0 1318.1 1255 639 575 114 449 26 866 20 9 36 5539 104 3.86 1.293 8.6 0.8 3.1 5.9 1.93
AL (3 yrs) 18 14 .563 5.64 75 41 10 0 0 0 236.1 274 161 148 34 120 1 114 6 0 11 1070 83 5.62 1.667 10.4 1.3 4.6 4.3 0.95
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Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1990 20 ATL NL 99.0 21 20 79 7.18 4.29 -0.38 0.15 107.6 5.18 -24 -2.3 1.50 -0.1 -1.5 -14 .389 .486 $100,000
1991 21 ATL NL 210.1 35 35 89 3.81 4.10 -0.61 0.15 105.5 5.12 29 3.4 -0.1 5.2 47 .598 .521 $110,000 CYA-6
1992 22 ATL NL 233.2 35 35 95 3.66 3.88 0.25 0.14 103.6 3.90 5 0.6 -0.2 2.4 23 .517 .504 $355,000
1993 ★ 23 ATL NL 223.1 35 35 81 3.26 4.50 0.53 0.16 101.3 4.18 18 2.0 -0.1 3.8 42 .557 .512 $560,000 AS
1994 24 ATL NL 151.2 24 24 71 4.21 4.51 0.22 0.16 101.1 4.51 4 0.4 -0.1 1.5 18 .516 .502 $2,800,000
1995 25 ATL NL 173.1 29 29 92 4.78 4.64 0.13 0.17 102.9 4.82 -1 -0.2 -0.1 1.2 16 .495 .499 $4,000,000
1996 26 ATL NL 131.0 24 23 70 4.81 4.72 0.26 0.17 102.8 4.77 0 0.0 1.26 -0.1 1.0 11 .501 .500 $4,200,000
1997 27 BOS AL 96.2 22 18 76 7.08 5.18 0.16 0.17 100.6 5.22 -20 -1.8 1.16 -0.1 -0.9 -9 .416 .489 $4,850,000
1998 28 BOS AL 123.2 34 23 74 5.39 4.81 0.42 0.15 101.6 4.61 -11 -1.0 1.21 -0.1 0.2 4 .471 .494 $3,900,000
1999 29 CIN NL 96.0 19 19 62 5.81 5.25 0.60 0.19 101.7 4.93 -10 -0.9 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .452 .494 $750,000
2003 33 DET AL 16.0 19 0 11 6.19 5.02 -0.20 -0.37 94.6 4.57 -3 -0.3 1.42 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .486 .498
11 Seasons 1554.2 297 261 800 4.63 4.49 0.14 0.15 102.8 4.63 -12 -0.0 1.32 -1.1 12.5 136 .500 .501 $21,625,000
ATL (7 yrs) 1222.1 203 201 577 4.25 4.34 0.08 0.16 103.3 4.56 31 4.0 1.38 -0.8 13.5 142 .520 .505 $12,125,000
BOS (2 yrs) 220.1 56 41 150 6.13 4.98 0.31 0.16 101.1 4.88 -31 -2.8 1.20 -0.2 -0.7 -5 .449 .492 $8,750,000
CIN (1 yr) 96.0 19 19 62 5.81 5.25 0.60 0.19 101.7 4.93 -10 -0.9 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .452 .494 $750,000
DET (1 yr) 16.0 19 0 11 6.19 5.02 -0.20 -0.37 94.6 4.57 -3 -0.3 1.42 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .486 .498

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 H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
1991 MVP 21 ATL NL NLCS W PIT 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.1 9 0 0 0 4 0 17 0 0 0 58 0.796 5.0 0.0 2.2 9.4 4.25
1991 21 ATL NL WS L MIN 0 0 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 10 6 5 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 51 0.846 6.9 0.7 0.7 5.5 8.00
1992 22 ATL NL NLCS W PIT 1 1 .500 9.00 3 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 8 8 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 38 1.875 14.6 0.0 2.3 3.4 1.50
1992 22 ATL NL WS L TOR 0 1 .000 3.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 11 5 5 3 3 0 11 0 0 0 48 1.167 8.3 2.3 2.3 8.3 3.67
1993 23 ATL NL NLCS L PHI 0 0 2.77 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 9 5 4 1 6 3 10 0 0 2 54 1.154 6.2 0.7 4.2 6.9 1.67
1995 25 ATL NL NLDS W COL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
1995 25 ATL NL NLCS W CIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 22 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1995 ❍ 25 ATL NL WS W CLE 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 3 0 1 0 25 1.333 4.5 1.5 7.5 4.5 0.60
1996 26 ATL NL NLCS W STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1996 26 ATL NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 6.000 13.5 0.0 40.5 0.0 0.00
5 Yrs (10 Series) 5 3 .625 2.90 18 12 2 0 0 0 77.2 61 28 25 6 29 5 60 0 1 3 312 1.159 7.1 0.7 3.4 7.0 2.07
1 NLDS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
5 NLCS 4 1 .800 2.38 11 7 2 0 0 0 45.1 35 13 12 1 17 3 37 0 0 3 179 1.147 6.9 0.2 3.4 7.3 2.18
4 WS 1 2 .333 3.41 6 5 0 0 0 0 31.2 25 14 12 5 12 2 22 0 1 0 130 1.168 7.1 1.4 3.4 6.3 1.83

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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
1990 20 ATL NL 21 32 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .133 .133 .133 .267 -28 4 1 0 2 0 0 1
1991 21 ATL NL 37 88 79 4 17 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 31 .215 .253 .253 .506 40 20 1 0 5 0 0 1 CYA-6
1992 22 ATL NL 35 88 76 8 13 2 1 0 4 0 1 3 22 .171 .203 .224 .426 18 17 0 0 9 0 0 1
1993 ★ 23 ATL NL 35 85 75 4 12 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 19 .160 .182 .213 .395 6 16 1 0 8 0 0 1 AS
1994 24 ATL NL 24 58 49 4 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 16 .102 .115 .143 .258 -33 7 0 0 6 2 0 1
1995 25 ATL NL 29 63 53 4 11 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 17 .208 .218 .377 .596 52 20 0 0 8 1 0 1
1996 26 ATL NL 24 50 46 5 11 4 1 2 11 0 0 1 12 .239 .245 .500 .745 87 23 1 0 1 2 0 1
1997 27 BOS AL 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 28 BOS AL 39 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 29 CIN NL 19 28 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .077 .077 .077 .154 -61 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
2001 Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2002 Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2003 33 DET AL 19 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 450 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 306 495 437 35 76 14 4 4 32 1 1 12 135 .174 .194 .252 .446 18 110 4 0 41 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 262 231 19 40 7 2 2 17 1 1 6 71 .174 .194 .252 .446 18 58 2 0 22 3 0
ATL (7 yrs) 205 464 408 30 73 14 4 4 31 1 1 12 124 .179 .200 .262 .462 23 107 4 0 39 5 0
BOS (2 yrs) 63 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 19 28 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .077 .077 .077 .154 -61 2 0 0 2 0 0
DET (1 yr) 19 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 450 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 224 492 434 31 75 14 4 4 32 1 1 12 135 .173 .193 .251 .444 18 109 4 0 41 5 0
AL (3 yrs) 82 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1990 20 ATL NL 21 32 -5 0 -0 0 4 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $100,000 1
1991 21 ATL NL 37 88 -5 0 -0 0 11 5 0.6 0 5 0.6 .516 .504 0.6 0.0 5 $110,000 1 CYA-6
1992 22 ATL NL 35 88 -8 -1 0 0 11 3 0.3 0 3 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $355,000 1
1993 ★ 23 ATL NL 35 85 -11 -1 1 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $560,000 1 AS
1994 24 ATL NL 24 58 -10 -0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $2,800,000 1
1995 25 ATL NL 29 63 -5 -0 1 0 8 4 0.4 0 4 0.4 .513 .502 0.4 0.0 4 $4,000,000 1
1996 26 ATL NL 24 50 -2 0 0 0 7 5 0.5 0 5 0.5 .522 .503 0.5 -0.0 5 $4,200,000 1
1997 27 BOS AL 24 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $4,850,000 1
1998 28 BOS AL 39 1 -0 -0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $3,900,000 1
1999 29 CIN NL 19 28 -7 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .487 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $750,000 1
2003 33 DET AL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1 1
11 Seasons 306 495 -53 -1 2 0 66 14 1.5 0 14 1.5 .505 .501 1.4 0.2 14 $21,625,000
ATL (7 yrs) 205 464 -46 -1 2 0 61 16 1.6 0 16 1.6 .508 .502 1.6 0.1 16 $12,125,000
BOS (2 yrs) 63 2 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $8,750,000
CIN (1 yr) 19 28 -7 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .487 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $750,000
DET (1 yr) 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1991 MVP 21 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
1991 21 ATL NL WS MIN L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 22 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 22 ATL NL WS TOR L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 23 ATL NL NLCS PHI L 2 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
1995 25 ATL NL NLDS COL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 25 ATL NL NLCS CIN W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1995 ❍ 25 ATL NL WS CLE W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 26 ATL NL NLCS STL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 26 ATL NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (10 Series) 18 20 19 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .211 .200 .263 .463 5 0 0 0 1 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 NLCS 11 16 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .267 .250 .333 .583 5 0 0 0 1 0
4 WS 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1990 ATL NL 20 P 21 20 1 99.0 28 4 22 2 0 .929 2.36 1.24 .957 1.80 1.79 20 8 29% 29% 3
1991 ATL NL 21 P 35 35 3 210.1 41 9 31 1 2 .976 1.71 1.14 .955 1.86 1.85 21 11 34% 33% 0 CYA-6
1992 ATL NL 22 P 35 35 2 233.2 55 16 36 3 1 .945 2.00 1.49 .954 1.94 1.94 42 14 25% 32% 0
1993 ATL NL 23 P 35 35 3 223.1 51 4 47 0 2 1.000 2.06 1.46 .953 1.84 1.83 32 14 30% 32% 10 AS
1994 ATL NL 24 P 24 24 1 151.2 31 4 26 1 0 .968 1.78 1.25 .958 1.86 1.85 14 3 18% 32% 4
1995 ATL NL 25 P 29 29 3 173.1 42 3 37 2 1 .952 2.08 1.38 .956 1.84 1.83 30 11 27% 30% 13
1996 ATL NL 26 P 24 23 1 131.0 36 8 26 2 0 .944 2.34 1.42 .954 1.84 1.83 7 6 46% 28% 4
1997 BOS AL 27 P 22 18 0 96.2 19 0 19 0 1 1.000 1.77 0.86 .955 1.71 1.69 7 4 36% 33% 2
1998 BOS AL 28 P 34 23 0 123.2 47 7 39 1 5 .979 3.35 1.35 .958 1.78 1.76 10 9 47% 31% 3
1999 CIN NL 29 P 19 19 0 96.0 21 4 16 1 0 .952 1.88 1.05 .951 1.72 1.71 17 3 15% 29% 4
2003 DET AL 33 P 19 0 0 16.0 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 3.94 0.37 .957 1.74 1.71 1 0 0% 30% 0
11 Seasons P 297 261 14 1554.2 378 63 302 13 13 .966 0 0 2.11 1.23 .955 1.84 1.81 201 83 29% 31% 43
11 Seasons TOT 297 261 14 1554.2 378 63 302 13 13 .966 0 0 2.11 1.23 .955 1.84 1.81 201 83 29% 31% 43
Note: Complete player games played data.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1930 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1930 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1930 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1913 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1930 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1913) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1930 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1993 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1991 NL NLCS MVP

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 NL (6, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (316th)

Weekly Awards (yr-week lg award)
1991 Sep 15th NL Player of the Week
1993 Jun 13th NL Player of the Week

Wins Above Replacement† †s c a p y
1991 NL  5.8 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† †s c a p y
1991 NL  5.2 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1993 NL  2.94 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1991 NL  18 (3rd)
1993 NL  18 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1991 NL  .692 (4th)
1993 NL  .750 (5th)
1994 NL  .727 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1993 NL  1.160 (7th)
1994 NL  1.200 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 NL  7.536 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL  1.733 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL  7.321 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1992 NL  233.7 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1994 NL  122 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1991 NL  35 (5th)
1992 NL  35 (1st)
1993 NL  35 (4th)
1994 NL  24 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1995 NL  3 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1991 NL  21 (6th)
1995 NL  22 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1992 NL  71 (10th)
1994 NL  55 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1992 NL  216 (7th)
1993 NL  216 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  2.907 (8th)
1995 NL  2.712 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL  0.564 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1995 NL  13 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1995 NL  90 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1992 NL  969 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1993 NL  136 (5th)

Fielding Independent Pitching s c a p y
1993 NL  3.26 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  27 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1993 NL  2.8 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† †s c a p y
1993 NL  29.68 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† †s c a p y
1993 NL  3.6 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† †s c a p y
1993 NL  3.2 (3rd)
1994 NL  1.9 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† †s c a p y
1993 NL  3.1 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1993 NL  47 (2nd)
1995 NL  37 (5th)
1998 AL  39 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1993 NL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1990 NL  born 1970-04-14 (1st)
1991 NL  born 1970-04-14 (3rd)
1992 NL  born 1970-04-14 (9th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1930-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (870), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (661), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (436), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1204), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (650th), 14.0 career WAR/17.0 7yr-peak WAR/15.5 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 62) = 73.9 career WAR/50.3 7yr-peak WAR/62.1 JAWS

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  1. Dave McNally (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Holtzman (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ken Holtzman (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dontrelle Willis (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dontrelle Willis (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Britt Burns (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Viola (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Livan Hernandez (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Scott Erickson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ted Lilly (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 1988.
  • October 31, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 22, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
  • October 28, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 21, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
  • October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
  • February 22, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
  • October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 26, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
  • March 30, 2001: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
  • January 23, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary ServTm(OpnDay) Sources Notes/Other Sources
1990 20 Atlanta Braves $100,000 ? 11/21/90 NYT
1991 21 Atlanta Braves $110,000 ? USA Today survey
1992 22 Atlanta Braves $355,000 ? 4/2/92 USA Today
1993 23 Atlanta Braves $560,000 ? 1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994 24 Atlanta Braves $2,800,000 ? 4/5/94 USA Today Arbitration win; $2,100,000 offer
1995 25 Atlanta Braves $4,000,000 ? 1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996 26 Atlanta Braves $4,200,000 ? 1997 Joint Exhibit 1 Arbitration win; $3,600,000 offer
1997 27 Boston Red Sox $4,850,000 ? 1997 AP survey
1998 28 Boston Red Sox $3,900,000 ? 4/3/98 USA Today
1999 29 Cincinnati Reds $750,000 ? 11/19/99 USA Today Includes $250,000 earned bonus
Career to date (may be incomplete)$21,625,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesy of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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