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Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	ERA	FIP	WAR
1972	White Sox	7	1	2	36	1	80.0	6.41	4.95	0.23	.286	64.9 %	4.28	3.10	0.4
1973	White Sox	0	4	0	20	4	49.2	5.98	6.70	1.63	.320	62.8 %	7.43	6.01	-0.9
1974	White Sox	4	6	1	39	3	89.1	6.45	4.74	0.40	.314	70.9 %	4.13	3.37	0.8
1975	White Sox	9	8	26	62	0	141.2	8.26	4.45	0.19	.257	83.6 %	1.84	2.62	4.2
1976	White Sox	9	17	1	31	29	224.0	5.42	3.62	0.64	.280	71.9 %	3.94	3.68	2.3
1977	Pirates	11	9	26	72	0	133.0	10.22	3.32	0.61	.221	87.6 %	1.62	2.50	4.2
1978	Yankees	10	11	27	63	0	134.1	8.17	3.95	0.60	.222	79.0 %	2.01	3.00	2.2
1978	Yankees	2	0	1	5	0	10.0	6.30	0.90	0.00	.154	60.0 %	1.80	1.48
1979	Yankees	5	3	18	36	0	58.1	6.33	2.93	0.77	.254	81.7 %	2.62	3.42	0.9
1980	Yankees	6	2	33	64	0	99.0	9.36	3.36	0.45	.271	79.1 %	2.27	2.48	3.1
1980	Yankees	0	1	0	1	0	0.1	0.00	0.00	27.00	1.000	62.5 %	54.00	41.76
1981	Yankees	3	2	20	32	0	46.2	9.26	2.70	0.39	.185	90.6 %	0.77	2.06	1.4
1981	Yankees	0	0	6	8	0	14.1	9.42	2.51	0.00	.176	100.0 %	0.00	1.55
1982	Yankees	4	5	30	56	0	93.0	9.87	2.71	0.48	.262	81.0 %	2.23	2.13	3.5
1983	Yankees	13	5	22	57	0	87.1	9.27	2.58	0.52	.313	80.2 %	2.27	2.33	3.4
1984	Padres	10	6	25	62	0	102.1	7.39	3.17	0.53	.242	75.3 %	2.90	2.97	1.3
1984	Padres	0	0	1	5	0	6.2	9.45	2.70	2.70	.286	61.0 %	8.10	5.92
1985	Padres	5	3	26	50	0	79.0	5.92	1.94	0.11	.266	75.7 %	1.82	2.22	2.4
1986	Padres	5	7	21	45	0	64.2	8.77	2.78	1.11	.324	68.9 %	4.45	3.45	0.5
1987	Padres	5	4	11	40	0	52.0	7.62	3.29	0.69	.287	79.5 %	3.12	3.27	0.8
1988	Cubs	4	4	13	46	0	43.2	6.18	3.09	0.62	.329	70.5 %	4.33	3.52	0.3
1989	2 Teams	3	1	5	42	0	58.0	4.66	4.66	0.31	.251	74.1 %	2.95	3.78	-0.2
1989	Giants	2	1	4	31	0	43.2	4.95	5.56	0.41	.233	76.5 %	2.68	4.11	-0.3
1989	Yankees	1	0	1	11	0	14.1	3.77	1.88	0.00	.304	66.7 %	3.77	2.76	0.2
1991	Rangers	4	2	1	44	0	40.1	6.25	3.57	0.89	.250	77.6 %	3.57	4.17	0.1
1992	Athletics	0	2	0	30	0	38.0	6.16	4.50	1.18	.243	87.0 %	2.84	4.78	-0.4
1993	Athletics	4	5	1	39	0	47.2	7.55	4.91	1.13	.307	76.9 %	4.53	4.65	-0.3
1994	Mariners	3	0	1	36	0	47.1	5.51	2.85	1.14	.264	72.8 %	4.18	4.69	0.1
Total	- - -	124	107	310	1002	37	1809.1	7.47	3.64	0.59	.270	76.1 %	3.01	3.18	30.1
Postseason	- - -	2	1	8	19	0	31.1	8.33	2.01	0.86	.217	77.5 %	2.87	2.89

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Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
1972	White Sox	7	1	4.28	36	1	0	2	80.0	352	72	44	38	2	44	3	4	7	0	57
1973	White Sox	0	4	7.43	20	4	1	0	49.2	232	57	44	41	9	37	2	3	6	0	33
1974	White Sox	4	6	4.13	39	3	0	1	89.1	397	92	45	41	4	47	7	2	2	1	64
1975	White Sox	9	8	1.84	62	0	0	26	141.2	582	99	32	29	3	70	15	5	3	0	130
1976	White Sox	9	17	3.94	31	29	15	1	224.0	956	214	104	98	16	90	3	9	6	0	135
1977	Pirates	11	9	1.62	72	0	0	26	133.0	523	78	27	24	9	49	6	2	2	0	151
1978	Yankees	10	11	2.01	63	0	0	27	134.1	543	87	41	30	9	59	8	2	5	0	122
1978	Yankees	2	0	1.80	5	0	0	1	10.0	34	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
1979	Yankees	5	3	2.62	36	0	0	18	58.1	234	48	18	17	5	19	4	0	3	0	41
1980	Yankees	6	2	2.27	64	0	0	33	99.0	401	74	29	25	5	37	3	1	4	0	103
1980	Yankees	0	1	54.00	1	0	0	0	0.1	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	Yankees	3	2	0.77	32	0	0	20	46.2	173	22	6	4	2	14	1	1	1	0	48
1981	Yankees	0	0	0.00	8	0	0	6	14.1	54	6	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	15
1982	Yankees	4	5	2.23	56	0	0	30	93.0	356	63	23	23	5	28	5	0	1	0	102
1983	Yankees	13	5	2.27	57	0	0	22	87.1	367	82	27	22	5	25	5	1	0	0	90
1984	Padres	10	6	2.90	62	0	0	25	102.1	412	75	34	33	6	36	4	1	2	2	84
1984	Padres	0	0	8.10	5	0	0	1	6.2	33	8	6	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	7
1985	Padres	5	3	1.82	50	0	0	26	79.0	308	64	21	16	1	17	1	1	0	0	52
1986	Padres	5	7	4.45	45	0	0	21	64.2	281	69	36	32	8	20	0	2	4	0	63
1987	Padres	5	4	3.12	40	0	0	11	52.0	217	47	18	18	4	19	6	0	2	0	44
1988	Cubs	4	4	4.33	46	0	0	13	43.2	194	50	23	21	3	15	5	3	3	2	30
1989	2 Teams	3	1	2.95	42	0	0	5	58.0	238	46	22	19	2	30	4	1	3	0	30
1989	Giants	2	1	2.68	31	0	0	4	43.2	182	32	16	13	2	27	3	0	2	0	24
1989	Yankees	1	0	3.77	11	0	0	1	14.1	56	14	6	6	0	3	1	1	1	0	6
1991	Rangers	4	2	3.57	44	0	0	1	40.1	167	33	16	16	4	16	1	3	3	0	28
1992	Athletics	0	2	2.84	30	0	0	0	38.0	163	32	13	12	5	19	4	2	0	0	26
1993	Athletics	4	5	4.53	39	0	0	1	47.2	213	49	24	24	6	26	2	1	4	0	40
1994	Mariners	3	0	4.18	36	0	0	1	47.1	197	44	23	22	6	15	1	3	2	0	29
Total	- - -	124	107	3.01	1002	37	16	310	1809.1	7506	1497	670	605	119	732	90	47	63	5	1502
Postseason	- - -	2	1	2.87	19	0	0	8	31.1	124	21	10	10	3	7	1	2	0	0	29

Advanced

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
1972	White Sox	6.41	4.95	1.30	0.23	16.2 %	12.5 %	.237	1.45	.286	64.9 %	134	93	3.10
1972	Average	5.57	3.16	1.77	0.68	14.8 %	8.4 %	.239	1.26	.268	74.2 %			4.07
1973	White Sox	5.98	6.70	0.89	1.63	14.2 %	15.9 %	.297	1.89	.320	62.8 %	190	154	6.01
1973	Average	5.25	3.38	1.55	0.80	13.7 %	8.8 %	.252	1.35	.277	72.4 %			4.38
1974	White Sox	6.45	4.74	1.36	0.40	16.1 %	11.8 %	.264	1.56	.314	70.9 %	111	90	3.37
1974	Average	5.02	3.34	1.50	0.68	13.1 %	8.7 %	.251	1.34	.277	72.0 %			4.25
1975	White Sox	8.26	4.45	1.86	0.19	22.3 %	12.0 %	.195	1.19	.257	83.6 %	48	67	2.62
1975	Average	5.00	3.47	1.44	0.70	13.0 %	9.0 %	.252	1.36	.277	71.7 %			4.32
1976	White Sox	5.42	3.62	1.50	0.64	14.1 %	9.4 %	.250	1.36	.280	71.9 %	110	103	3.68
1976	Average	4.83	3.19	1.51	0.58	12.7 %	8.4 %	.250	1.32	.276	71.6 %			4.08
1977	Pirates	10.22	3.32	3.08	0.61	28.9 %	9.4 %	.165	0.95	.221	87.6 %	41	63	2.50
1977	Average	5.18	3.28	1.58	0.87	13.5 %	8.5 %	.259	1.37	.283	71.1 %			4.46
1978	Yankees	8.17	3.95	2.07	0.60	22.5 %	10.9 %	.180	1.09	.222	79.0 %	55	81	3.00
1978	Yankees	6.30	0.90	7.00	0.00	20.6 %	2.9 %	.121	0.50	.154	60.0 %	49	39	1.48
1978	Average	4.81	3.26	1.48	0.71	12.6 %	8.5 %	.252	1.34	.275	71.9 %			4.30
1979	Yankees	6.33	2.93	2.16	0.77	17.5 %	8.1 %	.223	1.15	.254	81.7 %	64	84	3.42
1979	Average	4.81	3.27	1.47	0.82	12.5 %	8.5 %	.260	1.37	.281	70.7 %			4.47
1980	Yankees	9.36	3.36	2.78	0.45	25.7 %	9.2 %	.204	1.12	.271	79.1 %	58	64	2.48
1980	Yankees	0.00	0.00	0.00	27.00	0.0 %	0.0 %	1.000	9.00	1.000	62.5 %	999	999	41.76
1980	Average	4.80	3.14	1.53	0.73	12.5 %	8.2 %	.259	1.36	.283	71.2 %			4.29
1981	Yankees	9.26	2.70	3.43	0.39	27.7 %	8.1 %	.139	0.77	.185	90.6 %	22	56	2.06
1981	Yankees	9.42	2.51	3.75	0.00	27.8 %	7.4 %	.122	0.70	.176	100.0 %	0	42	1.55
1981	Average	4.75	3.18	1.49	0.64	12.5 %	8.4 %	.250	1.32	.274	72.1 %			4.18
1982	Yankees	9.87	2.71	3.64	0.48	28.7 %	7.9 %	.192	0.98	.262	81.0 %	56	53	2.13
1982	Average	5.04	3.16	1.60	0.80	13.2 %	8.3 %	.256	1.35	.280	71.5 %			4.35
1983	Yankees	9.27	2.58	3.60	0.52	24.5 %	6.8 %	.240	1.23	.313	80.2 %	58	62	2.33
1983	Average	5.18	3.22	1.61	0.79	13.5 %	8.4 %	.256	1.35	.281	71.2 %			4.32
1984	Padres	7.39	3.17	2.33	0.53	20.4 %	8.7 %	.200	1.08	.242	75.3 %	83	86	2.97
1984	Padres	9.45	2.70	3.50	2.70	21.2 %	6.1 %	.267	1.50	.286	61.0 %	231	170	5.92
1984	Average	5.37	3.18	1.69	0.78	14.0 %	8.3 %	.255	1.34	.282	71.5 %			4.24
1985	Padres	5.92	1.94	3.06	0.11	16.9 %	5.5 %	.221	1.03	.266	75.7 %	51	61	2.22
1985	Average	5.37	3.31	1.62	0.86	14.0 %	8.6 %	.252	1.34	.277	71.5 %			4.41
1986	Padres	8.77	2.78	3.15	1.11	22.4 %	7.1 %	.266	1.38	.324	68.9 %	122	94	3.45
1986	Average	5.90	3.40	1.74	0.91	15.4 %	8.8 %	.253	1.36	.282	71.6 %			4.40
1987	Padres	7.62	3.29	2.32	0.69	20.3 %	8.8 %	.237	1.27	.287	79.5 %	77	81	3.27
1987	Average	6.01	3.45	1.74	1.07	15.5 %	8.9 %	.258	1.39	.285	70.9 %			4.62
1988	Cubs	6.18	3.09	2.00	0.62	15.5 %	7.7 %	.284	1.49	.329	70.5 %	118	95	3.52
1988	Average	5.58	3.10	1.80	0.76	14.7 %	8.2 %	.249	1.31	.278	71.7 %			4.16
1989	2 Teams	4.66	4.66	1.00	0.31	12.6 %	12.6 %	.222	1.31	.251	74.1 %	84	108	3.78
1989	Giants	4.95	5.56	0.89	0.41	13.2 %	14.8 %	.206	1.35	.233	76.5 %	80	119	4.11
1989	Yankees	3.77	1.88	2.00	0.00	10.7 %	5.4 %	.269	1.19	.304	66.7 %	97	74	2.76
1989	Average	5.64	3.23	1.75	0.74	14.8 %	8.5 %	.249	1.32	.279	71.7 %			4.15
1991	Rangers	6.25	3.57	1.75	0.89	16.8 %	9.6 %	.223	1.21	.250	77.6 %	88	104	4.17
1991	Average	5.81	3.33	1.74	0.81	15.2 %	8.7 %	.251	1.34	.281	71.3 %			4.26
1992	Athletics	6.16	4.50	1.37	1.18	16.0 %	11.7 %	.225	1.34	.243	87.0 %	77	130	4.78
1992	Average	5.60	3.26	1.72	0.72	14.7 %	8.5 %	.251	1.33	.281	72.1 %			4.16
1993	Athletics	7.55	4.91	1.54	1.13	18.8 %	12.2 %	.263	1.57	.307	76.9 %	111	114	4.65
1993	Average	5.85	3.36	1.74	0.90	15.1 %	8.7 %	.260	1.39	.290	70.6 %			4.40
1994	Mariners	5.51	2.85	1.93	1.14	14.7 %	7.6 %	.246	1.25	.264	72.8 %	89	101	4.69
1994	Average	6.22	3.50	1.78	1.04	15.9 %	8.9 %	.264	1.43	.296	70.0 %			4.58
Total	- - -	7.47	3.64	2.05	0.59	20.0 %	9.8 %	.223	1.23	.270	76.1 %	80	84	3.18
Postseason	- - -	8.33	2.01	4.14	0.86	23.4 %	5.7 %	.183	0.89	.217	77.5 %	68	71	2.89

Win Probability

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
1974	White Sox	-0.52	-7.18	6.66	-1.14	-0.16	1.00	1.03	1.31	1.32	20	-0.14	-0.38	9	12
1975	White Sox	6.94	-13.77	20.70	35.80	3.84	1.91	1.91	2.42	2.04	13	3.13	0.49	36	11
1976	White Sox	-0.09	-18.90	18.81	-4.86	-0.43	1.14	1.02	0.97	1.14	15	-0.93	0.85	1	1
1977	Pirates	5.57	-13.22	18.79	40.10	4.23	1.88	1.96	2.18	1.77	17	2.96	0.01	43	15
1978	Yankees	3.59	-13.06	16.65	28.41	3.26	1.75	1.72	2.04	1.54	9	1.84	0.21	36	13
1979	Yankees	1.18	-5.68	6.85	10.20	1.00	1.56	1.74	2.09	4.31	3	0.54	0.22	23	8
1980	Yankees	5.00	-8.84	13.84	22.94	2.43	1.73	1.95	2.16	1.35	6	1.92	0.96	32	10
1981	Yankees	1.49	-4.07	5.56	14.73	1.69	1.76	1.60	1.73	0.07	2	1.25	-0.41	16	3
1982	Yankees	4.79	-9.94	14.73	20.98	2.22	2.12	2.05	2.12	1.59	13	2.23	0.03	34	8
1983	Yankees	1.94	-13.52	15.46	5.91	0.65	2.38	2.39	2.71	1.35	10	0.68	0.13	32	15
1984	Padres	2.19	-12.41	14.59	9.40	1.01	1.99	1.89	1.77	1.96	11	1.44	-0.34	29	13
1985	Padres	3.93	-7.92	11.85	14.49	1.65	2.09	2.03	2.18	2.11	12	1.84	0.04	34	8
1986	Padres	-1.91	-12.83	10.91	-12.09	-1.33	2.34	2.13	2.25	2.01	7	-0.63	-0.19	22	15
1987	Padres	0.21	-6.79	7.00	4.18	0.41	1.77	1.80	1.90	1.32	10	-0.14	0.26	15	10
1988	Cubs	-3.17	-8.25	5.08	-7.36	-0.81	2.00	1.74	1.67	1.82	13	-0.41	-1.18	10	13
1989	2 Teams	-0.30	-2.51	2.21	2.45	0.22	0.53	0.62	0.87	1.26	14	0.31	-0.88	8	4
1989	Giants	-0.49	-2.19	1.70	0.07	-0.02	0.56	0.70	0.99	1.25	9	0.12	-0.99	7	4
1989	Yankees	0.19	-0.32	0.51	2.38	0.23	0.44	0.40	0.52	1.29	5	0.19	0.23	1	0
1991	Rangers	-0.81	-4.68	3.87	1.30	0.06	1.32	1.53	1.57	1.18	28	0.49	-1.10	10	9
1992	Athletics	-0.09	-2.82	2.74	3.68	0.36	0.97	0.97	0.92	1.25	17	-0.02	-0.07	6	5
1993	Athletics	0.05	-4.33	4.38	-4.40	-0.47	1.16	1.29	1.38	1.30	27	-0.40	0.44	14	9
1994	Mariners	1.42	-1.45	2.87	6.72	0.56	0.73	0.82	0.92	1.06	15	0.56	1.39	9	3
Total	- - -	31.40	-172.15	203.55	191.45	20.40	1.63	1.64	1.85	1.49	262	16.54	2.70	419	185

Fielding

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	FP
1972	White Sox	P	36	1	80.0	3	10	1	1	.929
1973	White Sox	P	20	4	49.2	5	5	1	0	.909
1974	White Sox	P	39	3	89.1	3	14	2	1	.895
1975	White Sox	P	62	0	141.2	3	25	3	3	.903
1976	White Sox	P	31	29	224.0	18	27	3	1	.938
1977	Pirates	P	72	0	133.0	4	10	1	0	.933
1978	Yankees	P	63	0	134.1	6	12	3	0	.857
1979	Yankees	P	36	0	58.1	1	4	0	0	1.000
1980	Yankees	P	64	0	99.0	1	10	2	0	.846
1981	Yankees	P	32	0	46.2	2	7	1	1	.900
1982	Yankees	P	56	0	93.0	2	6	0	1	1.000
1983	Yankees	P	57	0	87.1	2	3	1	0	.833
1984	Padres	P	62	0	102.1	5	8	0	0	1.000
1985	Padres	P	50	0	79.0	0	7	0	1	1.000
1986	Padres	P	45	0	64.2	2	5	0	0	1.000
1987	Padres	P	40	0	52.0	2	5	0	0	1.000
1988	Cubs	P	46	0	43.2	1	7	0	0	1.000
1989	2 Teams	P	42	0	58.0	7	4	1	1	.917
1989	Giants	P	31	0	43.2	5	3	1	0	.889
1989	Yankees	P	11	0	14.1	2	1	0	1	1.000
1991	Rangers	P	44	0	40.1	2	2	1	0	.800
1992	Athletics	P	30	0	38.0	2	4	0	0	1.000
1993	Athletics	P	39	0	47.2	5	3	1	0	.889
1994	Mariners	P	36	0	47.1	2	2	0	1	1.000
Total	- - -	P	1002	37	1809.1	78	180	21	11	.925

Value

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
1972	White Sox	-1.1	-0.5	-1.0	-1.5	3.0	0.4
1973	White Sox	-1.7	-0.4	-0.3	-0.8	-8.7	-0.9
1974	White Sox	0.0	-0.8	0.0	-0.8	7.1	0.8
1975	White Sox	7.4	0.6	2.5	3.2	39.0	4.2
1976	White Sox	2.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3	20.2	2.3
1977	Pirates	7.1	1.4	1.5	2.9	39.1	4.2
1978	Yankees	4.0	1.7	0.1	1.8	20.4	2.2
1979	Yankees	2.1	0.5	0.7	1.2	9.2	0.9
1980	Yankees	3.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	29.6	3.1
1981	Yankees	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	12.3	1.4
1982	Yankees	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	33.2	3.5
1983	Yankees	3.4	-0.6	0.6	0.0	33.0	3.4
1984	Padres	2.1	0.9	-0.2	0.8	11.9	1.3
1985	Padres	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	21.7	2.4
1986	Padres	-0.9	-0.7	-0.7	-1.5	4.7	0.5
1987	Padres	1.4	0.0	0.6	0.5	8.1	0.8
1988	Cubs	-0.3	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	2.2	0.3
1989	2 Teams	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.6	-1.5	-0.2
1989	Giants	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.7	-3.0	-0.3
1989	Yankees	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.5	0.2
1991	Rangers	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.1
1992	Athletics	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	-4.0	-0.4
1993	Athletics	0.1	-0.1	0.5	0.3	-2.8	-0.3
1994	Mariners	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.2	0.1
Total	- - -	40.3	4.1	6.0	10.1	279.7	30.1	$0.0

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