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Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
17	470	2591.7	186	117	10	3.51	30.8

Birth Date	4-22-1961
Height	6' 1"
Weight	190 lbs

Age	63 years, 11 months, 15 days
Bats	R
Throws	L

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
1984	TOR	63	0	62.0	4	5	10	70	32	44	8	97	10.2	4.6	1.2	6.4	0%	.310	1.65	4.60	4.65	104	4.50	105.3	0.2
1985	TOR	35	32	212.7	14	6	0	188	50	85	22	98	8.0	2.1	0.9	3.6	0%	.238	1.12	4.01	3.00	104	4.37	100.3	2.2
1986	TOR	36	35	232.0	14	11	0	222	74	141	24	101	8.6	2.9	0.9	5.5	0%	.276	1.28	3.91	3.57	106	4.85	109.4	1.3
1987	TOR	36	36	261.0	17	8	0	210	66	161	24	99	7.2	2.3	0.8	5.6	0%	.238	1.06	3.60	2.76	85	3.61	75.9	6.2
1988	TOR	21	21	131.3	12	5	0	127	30	65	13	101	8.7	2.1	0.9	4.5	0%	.260	1.20	3.91	3.29	107	4.76	114.6	0.3
1989	TOR	33	33	216.0	13	14	0	226	27	118	18	96	9.4	1.1	0.8	4.9	0%	.289	1.17	3.25	3.88	89	3.76	90.5	3.3
1990	TOR	27	27	154.7	13	7	0	169	22	88	20	104	9.8	1.3	1.2	5.1	0%	.295	1.23	3.79	4.25	101	4.48	104.4	1.3
1991	TOR	33	33	209.3	16	12	0	207	44	125	12	100	8.9	1.9	0.5	5.4	0%	.281	1.20	3.13	3.05	96	4.10	95.0	2.8
1992	TOR	33	33	216.7	13	13	0	205	59	117	24	101	8.5	2.5	1.0	4.9	0%	.260	1.22	4.01	3.53	106	4.56	110.5	1.1
1993	NYA	34	34	236.7	18	6	0	219	43	173	26	99	8.3	1.6	1.0	6.6	0%	.274	1.11	3.51	3.00	78	3.21	69.2	6.4
1994	NYA	25	25	168.0	17	4	0	177	52	97	10	103	9.5	2.8	0.5	5.2	0%	.305	1.36	3.79	3.27	97	4.95	99.8	1.8
1995	NYA	5	5	30.3	1	2	0	40	6	14	3	103	11.9	1.8	0.9	4.2	0%	.333	1.52	4.09	5.64	118	6.31	129.2	-0.1
1996	NYA	30	30	169.3	12	11	0	171	58	116	21	101	9.1	3.1	1.1	6.2	0%	.290	1.35	4.55	4.68	100	5.46	107.8	1.2
1997	BAL	34	34	212.3	16	10	0	210	82	141	24	95	8.9	3.5	1.0	6.0	0%	.286	1.38	4.51	3.43	107	4.86	101.2	2.3
1998	BAL	25	11	79.3	6	3	0	77	23	53	5	96	8.7	2.6	0.6	6.0	0%	.296	1.26	3.68	4.20	98	5.07	105.1	0.6
Career		470	389	2591.7	186	117	10	2518	668	1538	254	99	8.7	2.3	0.9	5.3	48%	.275	1.23	3.83	3.51	98	4.40	97.5	30.8

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
1982	FLO	A	SAL	9	9	58.0	5	2	0	59	18	49	10		9.2	2.8	1.6	7.6	0%	.000	1.33	4.49	3.72	0	0.00	0.0
1982	MED	Rk	PIO	5	5	31.3	2	1	0	27	10	25	0		7.8	2.9	0.0	7.2	0%	.000	1.18	3.02	2.30	0	0.00	0.0
1983	KNX	AA	SOU	14	14	101.0	6	5	0	86	40	57	4		7.7	3.6	0.4	5.1	0%	.000	1.25	3.35	2.85	0	0.00	0.0
1983	SYR	AAA	INT	16	15	89.3	4	8	0	87	33	71	14		8.8	3.3	1.4	7.2	0%	.000	1.34	4.69	4.13	0	0.00	0.0
1984	TOR	MLB	AL	63	0	62.0	4	5	10	70	32	44	8	97	10.2	4.6	1.2	6.4	0%	.310	1.65	4.60	4.65	104	4.50	105.3
1985	TOR	MLB	AL	35	32	212.7	14	6	0	188	50	85	22	98	8.0	2.1	0.9	3.6	0%	.238	1.12	4.01	3.00	104	4.37	100.3
1986	TOR	MLB	AL	36	35	232.0	14	11	0	222	74	141	24	101	8.6	2.9	0.9	5.5	0%	.276	1.28	3.91	3.57	106	4.85	109.4
1987	TOR	MLB	AL	36	36	261.0	17	8	0	210	66	161	24	99	7.2	2.3	0.8	5.6	0%	.238	1.06	3.60	2.76	85	3.61	75.9
1988	TOR	MLB	AL	21	21	131.3	12	5	0	127	30	65	13	101	8.7	2.1	0.9	4.5	0%	.260	1.20	3.91	3.29	107	4.76	114.6
1988	DUN	A+	FSL	4	4	21.3	2	0	0	15	1	11	0		6.3	0.4	0.0	4.6	0%	.000	0.75	1.96	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
1989	TOR	MLB	AL	33	33	216.0	13	14	0	226	27	118	18	96	9.4	1.1	0.8	4.9	0%	.289	1.17	3.25	3.88	89	3.76	90.5
1990	TOR	MLB	AL	27	27	154.7	13	7	0	169	22	88	20	104	9.8	1.3	1.2	5.1	0%	.295	1.23	3.79	4.25	101	4.48	104.4
1990	DUN	A+	FSL	3	3	18.0	2	0	0	21	3	14	0		10.5	1.5	0.0	7.0	0%	.000	1.33	2.13	2.50	0	0.00	0.0
1991	TOR	MLB	AL	33	33	209.3	16	12	0	207	44	125	12	100	8.9	1.9	0.5	5.4	0%	.281	1.20	3.13	3.05	96	4.10	95.0
1992	TOR	MLB	AL	33	33	216.7	13	13	0	205	59	117	24	101	8.5	2.5	1.0	4.9	0%	.260	1.22	4.01	3.53	106	4.56	110.5
1993	NYA	MLB	AL	34	34	236.7	18	6	0	219	43	173	26	99	8.3	1.6	1.0	6.6	0%	.274	1.11	3.51	3.00	78	3.21	69.2
1994	NYA	MLB	AL	25	25	168.0	17	4	0	177	52	97	10	103	9.5	2.8	0.5	5.2	0%	.305	1.36	3.79	3.27	97	4.95	99.8
1995	NYA	MLB	AL	5	5	30.3	1	2	0	40	6	14	3	103	11.9	1.8	0.9	4.2	0%	.333	1.52	4.09	5.64	118	6.31	129.2
1996	NYA	MLB	AL	30	30	169.3	12	11	0	171	58	116	21	101	9.1	3.1	1.1	6.2	0%	.290	1.35	4.55	4.68	100	5.46	107.8
1996	TAM	A+	FSL	2	2	13.0	0	0	0	10	1	11	1		6.9	0.7	0.7	7.6	0%	.000	0.85	2.81	2.77	0	0.00	0.0
1997	BAL	MLB	AL	34	34	212.3	16	10	0	210	82	141	24	95	8.9	3.5	1.0	6.0	0%	.286	1.38	4.51	3.43	107	4.86	101.2
1998	BAL	MLB	AL	25	11	79.3	6	3	0	77	23	53	5	96	8.7	2.6	0.6	6.0	0%	.296	1.26	3.68	4.20	98	5.07	105.1
1998	FRD	A+	CRL	1	1	6.0	1	0	0	4	2	6	2		6.0	3.0	3.0	9.0	0%	-.200	1.00	6.66	3.00	0	0.00	0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
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Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1998-05-21	1998-07-30	60-DL	70	62	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
1996-06-11	1996-06-26	15-DL	15	15	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
1996-05-16	1996-05-31	15-DL	15	12	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
1995-05-17	1995-10-02	60-DL	138	127	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Rotator Cuff	1995-07-05	-
1990-05-23	1990-06-22	15-DL	30	27	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
1989-10-24	1989-10-24	Off	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Partial Rotator Cuff Tear	1989-10-24	-
1989-08-04	1989-08-19	15-DL	15	14	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation	Rotator Cuff	-	-
1988-04-15	1988-06-29		75	68	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Bone Chips	1988-05-04	-

Compensation

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2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
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Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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2008-07-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Love your writing, Christina -- you're the reason I started subscribing to BP last year! Rauch aside, it seems like the trade price for relievers it too damn high while the return is too damn variable. Why don't you see more teams trying to convert their best pitching prospects into half-season relievers (i.e., Chamberlain and Masterson)? Or are a lot of them doing it and I'm just too far on the East Coast to notice it? (Dan from (Newton, MA))	Thank you Dan, I'll hope to live up to that commitment. It can be too high, yes, and yes, I'd like to see more in-season conversions of that type. Steven would tell you a Stengel story about how Casey would pick his best arms and run with, but so too would Earl Weaver, or Bobby Cox (take a look at Jimmy Key's rookie season) or Gene Mauch (ditto, but with Chuck Finley). The more you let yourself get zombified by our contemporary fixation on role-playing, the more you become the creature of that habit. (Christina Kahrl)

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