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David Cone | Major Leaguer 1986-2003

Full Name: David Brian Cone
Born: January 2,1963 in Kansas City, Missouri
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Bats: Left Throws: Right
High School: Rockhurst (Kansas City,MO)
College:

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Debut: June 8,1986

Drafted: Selected by Kansas City Royals in 3rd Round (74th overall) of 1981 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 10,1981] - signed [Nov 4,1983] - On disabled list [Mar 27,1987] - Traded by Royals with Chris Jelic to Mets for Mauro Gozzo, Rick Anderson and Ed Hearn. [Aug 27,1992] - Traded by Mets to Blue Jays for Ryan Thompson and Jeff Kent. [Sep 1,1992] - Mets acquired OF Ryan Thompson to complete trade [Oct 30,1992] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 8,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Royals. [Apr 6,1995] - Traded by Royals to Blue Jays for David Sinnes, Tony Medrano and Chris Stynes. [Jul 28,1995] - Traded by Blue Jays to Yankees for Mike Gordon, Jason Jarvis and Marty Janzen. [Nov 3,1995] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 21,1995] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Dec 22,1995] - re-signed by Yankees [Nov 5,1998] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 11,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Nov 12,1998] - re-signed by Yankees [Nov 3,1999] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 6,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Dec 7,1999] - re-signed by Yankees [Nov 7,2000] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 11,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox. [Jan 15,2001] - Signed by Red Sox [Nov 6,2001] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 13,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Mets. [Feb 21,2003] - Signed by Mets

Disabled List: [Mar 31,2001] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Right shoulder inflammation) [May 14,2001] - Activated [Apr 23,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained left hip) [May 27,2003] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1981		GCL	18	Kc	Rk	6	4	2.55	14	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	52	24	19	0	33	45	8		6.99	0.00	4.43	6.04	1.27	--
1982	Charlst-sc	SAL	19	Kc	A	9	2	2.06	16	16	1	1	0	0	104.2	84	38	24	4	47	87	9		7.22	0.34	4.04	7.48	1.25	--
	Fort Myers	FSL	19	Kc	A+	7	1	2.12	10	9	6	1	1	0	72.1	56	21	17	1	25	57	1		6.97	0.12	3.11	7.09	1.12	--
1984	Memphis	Sou	21	Kc	AA	8	12	4.28	29	29	9	1	0	0	178.2	162	103	85	9	114	110	27		8.16	0.45	5.74	5.54	1.54	--
1986	Omaha	Amer	23	Kc	AAA	8	4	2.79	39	2	2	0	33	14	71.0	60	23	22	3	25	63	6		7.61	0.38	3.17	7.99	1.20	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	23	Kc	MLB	0	0	5.56	11	0	0	0	5	0	22.2	29	14	14	2	13	21	3	0	11.52	0.79	5.16	8.34	1.85	48%
1987	Tidewater	IL	24	Nym	AAA	0	1	5.73	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	10	8	7	1	6	7	0		8.18	0.82	4.91	5.73	1.45	--
	NY Mets	NL	24	Nym	MLB	5	6	3.71	21	13	1	0	3	1	99.1	87	46	41	11	44	68	2	4	7.88	1.00	3.99	6.16	1.32	46%
1988	NY Mets	NL	25	Nym	MLB	20	3	2.22	35	28	8	4	0	0	231.1	178	67	57	10	80	213	10	10	6.93	0.39	3.11	8.29	1.12	46%
1989	NY Mets	NL	26	Nym	MLB	14	8	3.52	34	33	7	2	0	0	219.2	183	92	86	20	74	190	14	4	7.50	0.82	3.03	7.78	1.17	41%
1990	NY Mets	NL	27	Nym	MLB	14	10	3.23	31	30	6	2	1	0	211.2	177	84	76	21	65	233	10	4	7.53	0.89	2.76	9.91	1.14	35%
1991	NY Mets	NL	28	Nym	MLB	14	14	3.29	34	34	5	2	0	0	232.2	204	95	85	13	73	241	17	1	7.89	0.50	2.82	9.32	1.19	43%
1992	Toronto	AL	29	Tor	MLB	4	3	2.55	8	7	0	0	0	0	53.0	39	16	15	3	29	47	3	0	6.62	0.51	4.92	7.98	1.28	31%
	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	13	7	2.88	27	27	7	5	0	0	196.2	162	75	63	12	82	214	9	1	7.41	0.55	3.75	9.79	1.24	37%
1993	Kansas Cty	AL	30	Kc	MLB	11	14	3.33	34	34	6	1	0	0	254.0	205	102	94	20	114	191	14	2	7.26	0.71	4.04	6.77	1.26	39%
1994	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	16	5	2.94	23	23	4	3	0	0	171.2	130	60	56	15	54	132	5	1	6.82	0.79	2.83	6.92	1.07	39%
1995	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	9	2	3.82	13	13	1	0	0	0	99.0	82	42	42	12	47	89	5	0	7.45	1.09	4.27	8.09	1.30	39%
	Toronto	AL	32	Tor	MLB	9	6	3.38	17	17	5	2	0	0	130.1	113	53	49	12	41	102	6	1	7.80	0.83	2.83	7.04	1.18	40%
1996	Norwich	East	33	Nyy	AA	0	0	0.90	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	9	3	1	1	1	13	0	0	8.10	0.90	0.90	11.70	1.00	--
	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	7	2	2.88	11	11	1	0	0	0	72.0	50	25	23	3	34	71	4	1	6.25	0.38	4.25	8.88	1.17	37%
1997	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	12	6	2.82	29	29	1	0	0	0	195.0	155	67	61	17	86	222	14	2	7.15	0.78	3.97	10.25	1.24	--
1998	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	20	7	3.55	31	31	3	0	0	0	207.2	186	89	82	20	59	209	6	0	8.06	0.87	2.56	9.06	1.18	38%
1999	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	12	9	3.44	31	31	1	1	0	0	193.1	164	84	74	21	90	177	7	1	7.63	0.98	4.19	8.24	1.31	--
2000	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	4	14	6.91	30	29	0	0	0	0	155.0	192	124	119	25	82	120	11	0	11.15	1.45	4.76	6.97	1.77	40%
2001	Sarasota	FSL	38	Bos	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	4.50	0.00	0.00	13.50	0.50	--
	Boston	AL	38	Bos	MLB	9	7	4.31	25	25	0	0	0	0	135.2	148	74	65	17	57	115	9	0	9.82	1.13	3.78	7.63	1.51	54%
2003	St. Lucie	FSL	40	Nym	A+	0	1	2.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	10	4	4	1	3	6	3		7.11	0.71	2.13	4.27	1.03	--
	NY Mets	NL	40	Nym	MLB	1	3	6.50	5	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	20	13	13	4	13	13	0	0	10.00	2.00	6.50	6.50	1.83	72%

Major League Totals - 17 Season(s)						194	126	3.46	450	419	56	22	9	1	2,898.2	2504	1222	1115	258	1137	2668	149	32	7.77	0.80	3.53	8.28	1.26	41%
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)						38	25	3.03	117	77	18	3	34	14	531.1	445	224	179	20	254	394	54		7.54	0.34	4.30	6.68	1.32	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1986	Kansas Cty	AL	23	Kc	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	NY Mets	NL	24	Nym	MLB	p	9	21	31	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	3	0	0	.065	.094	.097	191	71%
1988	NY Mets	NL	25	Nym	MLB	p	9	35	80	2	12	3	0	0	2	0	1	3	14	0	0	5	0	0	.150	.181	.188	369	61%
1989	NY Mets	NL	26	Nym	MLB	p	9	34	77	9	18	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	13	0	0	6	0	1	.234	.253	.260	513	73%
1990	NY Mets	NL	27	Nym	MLB	p	9	32	70	7	14	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	12	0	0	9	0	2	.200	.253	.214	467	51%
1991	NY Mets	NL	28	Nym	MLB	p	9	34	72	3	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	14	2	0	6	1	3	.125	.179	.125	304	57%
1992	Toronto	AL	29	Tor	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	p	9	27	65	5	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	19	0	0	7	0	1	.092	.132	.108	240	61%
1993	Kansas Cty	AL	30	Kc	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1994	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	p	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Toronto	AL	32	Tor	MLB	p	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1997	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	p	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1998	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	p	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	80%
1999	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	p		1	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1000	--
2000	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	p	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	0%
2001	Boston	AL	38	Bos	MLB	p	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2003	NY Mets	NL	40	Nym	MLB	p	9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	33%

Major League Totals - 17 Season(s)								310	412	28	64	9	0	0	22	0	1	16	91	3	0	38	1	8	.155	.192	.177	369	61%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1988	NY Mets	NL	25		Ch	1	1	4.50	3		1			0	12.0	10		6		5	9			7.50	---	3.75	6.75	1.25	--
1992	Toronto	AL	29		Ch	1	1	3.00	2		0			0	12.0	11		4		5	9			8.25	---	3.75	6.75	1.33	--
	Toronto	AL	29		Ws	0	0	3.48	2		0			0	10.1	9		4		8	8			7.84	---	6.97	6.97	1.65	--
1995	NY Yankees	AL	32		Div	1	0	4.60	2		0			0	15.2	15		8		9	14			8.62	---	5.17	8.05	1.53	--
1996	NY Yankees	AL	33		Div	0	1	9.00	1		0			0	6.0	8		6		2	8			12.00	---	3.00	12.00	1.67	--
	NY Yankees	AL	33		Ch	0	0	3.00	1		0			0	6.0	5		2		5	5			7.50	---	7.50	7.50	1.67	--
	NY Yankees	AL	33		Ws	1	0	1.50	1		0			0	6.0	4		1		4	3			6.00	---	6.00	4.50	1.33	--
1997	NY Yankees	AL	34		Div	0	0	16.22	1		0			0	3.1	7		6		2	2			18.92	---	5.41	5.41	2.70	--
1998	NY Yankees	AL	35		Div	1	0	0.00	1		0			0	5.2	2		0		1	6			3.18	---	1.59	9.54	0.53	--
	NY Yankees	AL	35		Ch	1	0	4.15	2		0			0	13.0	12		6		6	13			8.31	---	4.15	9.00	1.38	--
	NY Yankees	AL	35		Ws	0	0	3.00	1		0			0	6.0	2		2		3	4			3.00	---	4.50	6.00	0.83	--
1999	NY Yankees	AL	36		Ch	1	0	2.57	1		0			0	7.0	2		2		3	9			2.57	---	3.86	11.57	0.71	--
	NY Yankees	AL	36		Ws	1	0	0.00	1		0			0	7.0	1		0		5	4			1.29	---	6.43	5.14	0.86	--
2000	NY Yankees	AL	37		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	1.0	0		0		0	0			0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	--
	NY Yankees	AL	37		Ws	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.1	0		0		0	0			0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	--

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)						8	3	3.80	21		1			0	111.1	88		47		58	94			7.11	---	4.69	7.60	1.31	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1988	NY Mets	NL	25	Nym	Ch	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1992	Toronto	AL	29	Tor	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Toronto	AL	29	Tor	Ws	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1100	--
1995	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	Div	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	Ws	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1998	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	Ws	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	--
1999	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	Ws	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2000	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	Ws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)						15	16	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	423	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1981		GCL	18	Kc	Rk	P	14			1	11	2	14	0	-	-	-	.857	--

1982	Charlst-sc	SAL	19	Kc	A	P	16			6	17	3	26	1	-	-	-	.885	--
1982	Fort Myers	FSL	19	Kc	A+	P	10			3	13	1	17	1	-	-	-	.941	--

1984	Memphis	Sou	21	Kc	AA	P	29			7	15	6	28	4	-	-	-	.786	--

1985	Omaha	Amer	22	Kc	AAA	P	28			12	11	8	31	1	-	-	-	.742	--

1986	Omaha	Amer	23	Kc	AAA	P	39			3	2	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1986	Kansas Cty	AL	23	Kc	MLB	P	11		22.2	4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.59

1987	Tidewater	IL	24	Nym	AAA	P	3			2	1	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	NY Mets	NL	24	Nym	MLB	P	21		99.1	12	10	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	1.99

1988	NY Mets	NL	25	Nym	MLB	P	35		231.1	17	23	1	41	0	-	-	-	.976	1.56

1989	NY Mets	NL	26	Nym	MLB	P	34		219.2	21	14	1	36	0	-	-	-	.972	1.43

1990	NY Mets	NL	27	Nym	MLB	P	31		211.2	17	20	3	40	1	-	-	-	.925	1.57

1991	NY Mets	NL	28	Nym	MLB	P	34		232.2	18	26	4	48	2	-	-	-	.917	1.70

1992	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	P	27		196.2	16	20	2	38	1	-	-	-	.947	1.65
1992	Toronto	AL	29	Tor	MLB	P	8		53	2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	.68

1993	Kansas Cty	AL	30	Kc	MLB	P	34		254	24	24	1	49	3	-	-	-	.980	1.70

1994	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	P	23		171.2	20	18	3	41	3	-	-	-	.927	1.99

1995	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	P	13		99	7	9	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	1.45
1995	Toronto	AL	32	Tor	MLB	P	17		130.1	5	18	2	25	2	-	-	-	.920	1.59

1996	Norwich	East	33	Nyy	AA	P	2			0	0	2	2	0	-	-	-	.000	--
1996	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	P	11		72	6	5	1	12	1	-	-	-	.917	1.38

1997	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	P	29		195	9	13	2	24	0	-	-	-	.917	1.02

1998	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	P	31		207.2	12	25	1	38	3	-	-	-	.974	1.60

1999	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	P	31		193.1	7	12	1	20	1	-	-	-	.950	.88

2000	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	P	30		155	9	20	2	31	0	-	-	-	.935	1.68

2001	Sarasota	FSL	38	Bos	A+	P	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2001	Boston	AL	38	Bos	MLB	P	25		135.2	14	10	2	26	0	-	-	-	.923	1.59

2003	St. Lucie	FSL	40	Nym	A+	P	3			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	NY Mets	NL	40	Nym	MLB	P	5	4	18	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.50

Awards

[1988] - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3), NL MVP (Voting Rank: #10), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1992] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1994] - Baseball America American League All-Star SP, American League Cy Young Award, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #9), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1995] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4) [1997] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1998] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4) [1999] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #6), Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1986	60,000		325,466	80
1987	62,500		292,853	66
1988	92,500		325,305	58
1989	332,500		375,257	34
1990	1,300,000	89	426,358	9
1991	2,350,000	73	617,627	8
1992	4,250,000	17	798,185	2
1993	5,000,000	12	815,723	2
1994	5,000,000	15	914,157	2
1995	8,000,000	3	831,504	1
1996	4,666,667	53	835,262	5
1997	6,666,667	20	996,990	2
1998	6,666,667	22	1,054,037	2
1999	9,500,000	8	1,222,537	1
2000	12,000,000	7	1,369,505	1
2001	1,000,000		1,609,512	36
2003	*300,000		1,773,364	80

Career:	$67,247,501	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

He was the quarterback of his high school football team.

Cone spent the entire 1983 season on the Disabled List.

Notes: Member of the World Series Champion Toronto Blue Jays in 1992 and with the New York Yankees in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000....Played in 5 all-star games during his career (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999)

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