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Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
12	661	1042	68	71	300	2.83	17.3

Birth Date	1-8-1953
Height	6' 2"
Weight	190 lbs

Age	72 years, 4 months, 6 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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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	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
1976	CHN	52	83.3	6	3	10	63	26	73	4	113	6.8	2.8	0.4	7.9	0%	.258	1.07	2.45	2.70	78	3.02	75.6	1.4
1977	CHN	62	107.3	7	3	31	69	23	129	5	107	5.8	1.9	0.4	10.8	0%	.253	0.86	1.60	1.34	37	2.10	46.8	3.4
1978	CHN	64	98.7	8	10	27	82	34	106	10	110	7.5	3.1	0.9	9.7	0%	.274	1.18	2.85	3.19	60	2.44	58.8	2.4
1979	CHN	62	101.3	6	6	37	67	32	110	3	108	6.0	2.8	0.3	9.8	0%	.248	0.98	1.85	2.22	46	2.27	50.5	2.9
1980	CHN	60	102.3	5	8	28	90	34	76	5	105	7.9	3.0	0.4	6.7	0%	.277	1.21	2.91	2.64	73	3.95	92.0	0.8
1981	SLN	48	82.3	3	5	25	64	24	57	5	104	7.0	2.6	0.5	6.2	0%	.244	1.07	2.98	2.62	74	2.98	74.5	1.4
1982	SLN	70	102.3	9	8	36	88	34	61	8	100	7.7	3.0	0.7	5.4	0%	.252	1.19	3.65	2.90	91	3.87	90.0	1.0
1983	SLN	60	89.3	9	10	21	90	30	64	8	100	9.1	3.0	0.8	6.4	0%	.292	1.34	3.44	4.23	82	3.93	90.6	0.9
1984	SLN	71	122.7	5	7	45	109	23	77	9	93	8.0	1.7	0.7	5.6	0%	.272	1.08	3.07	1.54	76	3.05	71.2	2.5
1985	ATL	58	88.3	7	7	23	91	29	52	13	100	9.3	3.0	1.3	5.3	0%	.274	1.36	4.43	4.48	100	5.07	116.4	-0.2
1986	ATL	16	18.7	2	0	3	17	9	16	3	103	8.2	4.3	1.4	7.7	0%	.269	1.39	4.56	4.34	92	4.97	112.1	0.0
1988	ATL	38	45.3	1	4	14	49	11	40	4	103	9.7	2.2	0.8	7.9	0%	.328	1.32	2.88	4.76	75	3.22	77.5	0.8
Career		661	1042.0	68	71	300	879	309	861	77	104	7.6	2.7	0.7	7.4	62%	.268	1.14	2.93	2.83	72	3.27	76.5	17.3

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	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-
1976	CHN	MLB	NL	52	83.3	6	3	10	63	26	73	4	113	6.8	2.8	0.4	7.9	0%	.258	1.07	2.45	2.70	78	3.02	75.6
1977	CHN	MLB	NL	62	107.3	7	3	31	69	23	129	5	107	5.8	1.9	0.4	10.8	0%	.253	0.86	1.60	1.34	37	2.10	46.8
1978	CHN	MLB	NL	64	98.7	8	10	27	82	34	106	10	110	7.5	3.1	0.9	9.7	0%	.274	1.18	2.85	3.19	60	2.44	58.8
1979	CHN	MLB	NL	62	101.3	6	6	37	67	32	110	3	108	6.0	2.8	0.3	9.8	0%	.248	0.98	1.85	2.22	46	2.27	50.5
1980	CHN	MLB	NL	60	102.3	5	8	28	90	34	76	5	105	7.9	3.0	0.4	6.7	0%	.277	1.21	2.91	2.64	73	3.95	92.0
1981	SLN	MLB	NL	48	82.3	3	5	25	64	24	57	5	104	7.0	2.6	0.5	6.2	0%	.244	1.07	2.98	2.62	74	2.98	74.5
1982	SLN	MLB	NL	70	102.3	9	8	36	88	34	61	8	100	7.7	3.0	0.7	5.4	0%	.252	1.19	3.65	2.90	91	3.87	90.0
1983	SLN	MLB	NL	60	89.3	9	10	21	90	30	64	8	100	9.1	3.0	0.8	6.4	0%	.292	1.34	3.44	4.23	82	3.93	90.6
1984	SLN	MLB	NL	71	122.7	5	7	45	109	23	77	9	93	8.0	1.7	0.7	5.6	0%	.272	1.08	3.07	1.54	76	3.05	71.2
1985	ATL	MLB	NL	58	88.3	7	7	23	91	29	52	13	100	9.3	3.0	1.3	5.3	0%	.274	1.36	4.43	4.48	100	5.07	116.4
1986	ATL	MLB	NL	16	18.7	2	0	3	17	9	16	3	103	8.2	4.3	1.4	7.7	0%	.269	1.39	4.56	4.34	92	4.97	112.1
1988	ATL	MLB	NL	38	45.3	1	4	14	49	11	40	4	103	9.7	2.2	0.8	7.9	0%	.328	1.32	2.88	4.76	75	3.22	77.5

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
1989-04-04	1989-10-02	60-DL	181	161	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Severe Rotator Cuff Tear	-	-
1988-07-24	1988-08-19	15-DL	26	25	-	General Medical	Bells Palsy		-	-
1987-04-07	1987-10-05	60-DL	181	161	-	Shoulder	Surgery	Nerve Possible Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	1987-02-12	-
1986-05-28	1986-10-06	60-DL	131	117	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum and Partial Rotator Cuff	1986-08-13	-
1985-12-13	1985-12-13	Off	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	1985-12-13	-
1985-09-20	1985-10-06	DTD	16	15	Right	Shoulder	Soreness	Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	-	-
1977-08-02	1977-08-23		21	20	-	Low Back	Strain		-	-

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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2013-01-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Jay - I've enjoyed watching you on the MLB network this week along with your coulumns, which are always great. What do you think of Trevor Hoffman's chances especially with the way most of the sabermetric community feels about the save statistic. Thanks (sarsfield from San Diego, California)	To me, Hoffman looks a lot like Lee Smith, who held the all-time saves lead for awhile before being overtaken - a guy with an impressive save total but not above-average value relative to the already-enshrined relievers, even with Bruce Sutter weighing that group down. (Jay Jaffe on the Hall of Fame)
2012-01-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	If you had an "all facial hair" HOF, who would be in your initial class: Bruce Sutter, Jim Kern, Al Hrabosky, others? (dianagram from NYC)	All of those guys would be in eventually but the reliever standard still starts with Rollie Fingers, and I'd want to balance the distribution out so it wasn't all 1970s guys. As the 1994-2005 period was to homers, the Seventies were to facial hair. (Jay Jaffe's Hall of Fame Special)
2011-01-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Raines' vote total is a shame. (Joe Lefkowitz from NJ)	Well, 36 percent is a marked improvement, and there is now an even greater precedent for people with lower voting percentages on the fourth ballot getting in: Bruce Sutter, Duke Snider and Byleven all had less than 30 percent of the vote on their fourth ballots. His eventual election will depend upon the evolution of the voting body, but I think it will happen. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-10-12 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Best (worst) baseball beard: Jim Kern, Jayson Werth, Brian Wilson, Al Hrabosky, other (Beards 'R Us from USA)	Kern had the barely visible mustache, which is a little weird I think. Werth's is great but I think he makes the goatee a little too prominent. The Mad Hungarian gets big style points, but his style has gone out of fashion. I think Bruce Sutter's beard was best. (Tommy Bennett)
2008-02-07 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Bill James HOF book showed that about 10% of at bats have gone to hall of famers over the years other than the '20s and '30s, which were higher. This seems like a good barometer. It also seems the '80s & '90s will be lower than this. I think the bar has been raised too high, c.f. Alan Trammell and Tim Raines. Your thoughts? (WillMeier from Muskegon, MI)	It does seem that the BBWAA has become more picky over the years--but then again, they've elected Tony Perez, Bruce Sutter and, next year, Jim Rice. Hard to say they're upholding a standard. Remember that we're not dealing with complete information yet. Only players who ended their careers by 1988 have gone through a full ballot cycle. No one has been elected by the VC yet, and that system will change four more times before lunch. (Joe Sheehan)

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2009-10-15 17:00:00	2009 NLCS Game One (Phillies/Dodgers)	Little known MLB rule: relievers who seek to grow a full beard must receive permission from Bruce Sutter. (Steven Goldman)

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