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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1978	Bellingham Mariners	Nwst	A-	sea	-	ST	19	3	3	5.00	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	54.0	58	32	30	7	32	47	8	0	0	1.67	9.67	1.17	5.33	7.83	1.47	.500	-
1978	Stockton Mariners	Calif	A+	sea	-	S/R	19	1	5	4.73	12	6	6	1	1	0	0	40.0	42	37	21	4	33	32	5	0	0	1.88	9.45	0.90	7.43	7.20	0.97	.167	-
1978	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor	AAA	-	-	S/R	0	4	8	4.88	22	15	7	1	1	0	0	94.0	100	69	51	11	65	79	13	0	0	1.76	9.57	1.05	6.22	7.56	1.22	.333	-
1979	Alexandria Mariners	Caro	A+	sea	-	ST	20	8	11	3.23	24	24	0	8	0	0	0	167.0	150	74	60	6	85	108	10	0	0	1.41	8.08	0.32	4.58	5.82	1.27	.421	-
1980	Lynn Sailors	East	AA	sea	-	ST	21	9	14	5.55	26	26	0	5	0	0	0	154.0	144	116	95	10	106	92	8	0	0	1.62	8.42	0.58	6.19	5.38	0.87	.391	-
1981	Lynn Sailors	East	AA	sea	-	ST	22	4	4	3.80	13	13	0	1	1	0	0	71.0	73	37	30	7	31	50	2	0	0	1.46	9.25	0.89	3.93	6.34	1.61	.500	-
1982	Lynn Sailors	East	AA	sea	-	ST	23	9	4	3.45	21	21	0	9	2	0	0	138.0	104	63	53	8	90	125	6	0	0	1.40	6.77	0.52	5.86	8.13	1.39	.692	-
1983	Salt Lake Gulls	PCL	AAA	sea	-	Rel	24	7	4	4.82	51	1	50	0	0	12	2	84.0	86	51	45	10	64	108	8	0	0	1.79	9.21	1.07	6.86	11.57	1.69	.636	-
1983	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	39	Rel	24	0	1	13.50	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	5.0	14	9	8	2	5	3	1	0	0	3.56	23.63	3.38	8.44	5.06	0.60	.000	9.32
1984	Salt Lake Gulls	PCL	AAA	sea	-	Rel	25	6	5	5.21	46	0	46	0	0	26	8	76.0	69	52	44	7	55	77	5	0	0	1.63	8.17	0.83	6.51	9.12	1.40	.545	-
1984	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	39	Rel	25	1	1	3.00	5	0	5	0	0	2	0	6.0	7	2	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	1.17	10.50	--	--	9.00	0.00	.500	0.77
1985	Calgary Cannons	PCL	AAA	sea	-	Rel	26	0	0	0.00	4	0	4	0	0	2	0	5.0	2	1	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	1.13	3.38	--	6.75	13.50	2.00	-	-
1985	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	39	Rel	26	2	1	1.95	15	0	15	0	0	7	4	32.0	25	9	7	1	6	32	0	0	0	0.96	6.96	0.28	1.67	8.91	5.33	.667	1.66
1986	Calgary Cannons	PCL	AAA	sea	-	Rel	27	0	1	1.59	16	0	16	0	0	12	1	17.0	16	6	3	1	12	20	1	0	0	1.65	8.47	0.53	6.35	10.59	1.67	.000	-
1986	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	39	Rel	27	2	3	4.04	26	0	26	0	0	15	1	35.2	35	19	16	3	21	23	2	1	0	1.57	8.83	0.76	5.30	5.80	1.10	.400	4.34
1987	Calgary Cannons	PCL	AAA	sea	-	Rel	28	2	6	4.34	27	0	27	0	0	17	5	37.0	34	23	18	5	27	35	4	0	0	1.63	8.20	1.21	6.51	8.44	1.30	.250	-
1987	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	-	R/CL	28	3	5	2.68	28	0	28	0	0	23	10	40.0	34	12	12	1	19	43	2	0	0	1.31	7.59	0.22	4.24	9.60	2.26	.375	-
1987	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor	AAA	-	-	R/CL	0	5	11	3.48	55	0	55	0	0	40	15	77.2	68	35	30	6	46	78	6	0	0	1.47	7.88	0.70	5.33	9.04	1.70	.313	-
1988	Portland Beavers	PCL	AAA	min	-	R/CL	29	0	3	4.32	39	0	39	0	0	34	21	41.2	36	22	20	6	17	34	1	0	0	1.27	7.78	1.30	3.67	7.34	2.00	.000	-
1988	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	min	38	Rel	29	0	0	6.00	11	0	11	0	0	8	0	12.0	15	9	8	1	7	9	0	1	0	1.83	11.25	0.75	5.25	6.75	1.29	-	4.10
MLB Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								5	6	4.04	61	0	61	0	0	32	5	90.0	96	48	41	7	39	73	3	2	0	1.48	9.46	0.69	3.84	7.19	1.87	.455	0.68
Minor League Totals - 11 Season(s)Filter								52	65	4.19	317	100	217	24	4	126	47	924.0	848	526	431	72	575	779	60	0	0	1.54	8.24	0.70	5.59	7.57	1.35	.444	-
AAA Totals - 6 Season(s)Filter								18	24	4.24	211	1	210	0	0	126	47	300.2	277	167	142	30	198	325	21	0	0	1.57	8.26	0.90	5.91	9.70	1.64	.429	-
AA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								22	22	4.41	60	60	0	15	3	0	0	363.0	321	216	178	25	227	267	16	0	0	1.51	7.95	0.62	5.62	6.61	1.18	.500	-
A+ Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								9	16	3.52	36	30	6	9	1	0	0	207.0	192	111	81	10	118	140	15	0	0	1.50	8.35	0.43	5.13	6.09	1.19	.360	-
A- Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								3	3	5.00	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	54.0	58	32	30	7	32	47	8	0	0	1.67	9.67	1.17	5.33	7.83	1.47	.500	-
Seattle Mariners Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								5	6	3.74	50	0	50	0	0	24	5	78.0	81	39	33	6	32	64	3	1	0	1.42	9.19	0.68	3.63	7.26	2.00	.455	-
Minnesota Twins Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	0	6.00	11	0	11	0	0	8	0	12.0	15	9	8	1	7	9	0	1	0	1.83	11.25	0.75	5.25	6.75	1.29	-	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								12	14	4.04	147	0	147	0	0	77	12	220.0	231	116	99	17	94	176	7	5	0	1.48	9.46	0.69	3.84	7.19	1.87	.462	0.68
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								12	15	4.19	75	24	51	6	1	30	11	220.0	201	125	102	17	137	185	14	0	0	1.54	8.24	0.70	5.59	7.57	1.35	.444	-

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1978	Bellingham Mariners	Nwst	A-	sea	19	P	10	-	-	-	6	3	-	9	6	.667	0.60	-	-	-	--	-	10	100.0	14.1
1978	Stockton Mariners	Calif	A+	sea	19	P	12	-	-	5	6	-	-	11	11	1.000	0.92	-	-	-	--	-	12	100.0	8.6
1979	Alexandria Mariners	Caro	A+	sea	20	P	24	-	-	9	27	1	1	37	36	.973	1.50	-	-	-	--	-	24	100.0	17.6
1980	Lynn Sailors	East	AA	sea	21	P	26	-	-	6	22	1	2	29	28	.966	1.08	-	-	-	--	-	26	100.0	19.0
1981	Lynn Sailors	East	AA	sea	22	P	13	-	-	5	11	4	1	20	16	.800	1.23	-	-	-	--	-	13	100.0	9.4
1982	Lynn Sailors	East	AA	sea	23	P	21	-	-	9	16	2	1	27	25	.926	1.19	-	-	-	--	-	21	100.0	15.1
1983	Salt Lake Gulls	PCL	AAA	sea	24	P	51	-	-	1	9	1	-	11	10	.909	0.20	-	-	-	--	-	51	100.0	35.9
1983	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	24	P	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	4	100.0	2.5
1984	Salt Lake Gulls	PCL	AAA	sea	25	P	46	-	-	2	9	2	-	13	11	.846	0.24	-	-	-	--	-	46	100.0	32.9
1984	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	25	P	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	5	100.0	3.1
1985	Calgary Cannons	PCL	AAA	sea	26	P	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.25	-	-	-	--	-	4	100.0	2.8
1985	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	26	P	15	-	32	-	3	1	-	4	3	.750	0.20	0.09	-	-	--	-	15	100.0	9.3
1986	Calgary Cannons	PCL	AAA	sea	27	P	16	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	2	1.000	0.13	-	-	-	--	-	16	100.0	11.2
1986	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	27	P	26	-	35	1	3	-	-	4	4	1.000	0.15	0.11	-	-	--	-	26	100.0	16.0
1987	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	28	P	28	-	-	2	6	-	-	8	8	1.000	0.29	-	-	-	--	-	28	100.0	20.0
1987	Calgary Cannons	PCL	AAA	sea	28	P	27	-	-	1	3	-	-	4	4	1.000	0.15	-	-	-	--	-	27	100.0	19.1
1988	Portland Beavers	PCL	AAA	min	29	P	39	-	-	2	2	-	-	4	4	1.000	0.10	-	-	-	--	-	39	100.0	27.5
1988	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	min	29	P	11	-	12	-	1	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.09	0.08	-	-	--	-	11	100.0	6.8
MLB Totals for P - 5 season(s)				-	�	P	61	-	90	1	7	1	-	9	8	.889	0.13	0.09	-	-	--	-	61	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for P - 6 season(s)				-	�	P	211	-	-	9	31	3	-	43	40	.930	0.19	-	-	-	--	-	211	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 3 season(s)				-	�	P	60	-	-	20	49	7	4	76	69	.908	1.15	-	-	-	--	-	60	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	36	-	-	14	33	1	1	48	47	.979	1.31	-	-	-	--	-	36	0.0	0.0
A- Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	10	-	-	-	6	3	-	9	6	.667	0.60	-	-	-	--	-	10	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1978	Bellingham Mariners	Nwst	A-	sea	19	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Stockton Mariners	Calif	A+	sea	19	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1979	Alexandria Mariners	Caro	A+	sea	20	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Lynn Sailors	East	AA	sea	21	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Lynn Sailors	East	AA	sea	22	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Lynn Sailors	East	AA	sea	23	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Salt Lake Gulls	PCL	AAA	sea	24	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	24	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Salt Lake Gulls	PCL	AAA	sea	25	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	25	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Calgary Cannons	PCL	AAA	sea	26	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	26	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Calgary Cannons	PCL	AAA	sea	27	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	27	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	28	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Calgary Cannons	PCL	AAA	sea	28	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Portland Beavers	PCL	AAA	min	29	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	min	29	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1988-08-16						Trade	Traded by Twins to Giants for Alan Cockrell.		�
1988-03-28						Trade	Traded by Tigers to Twins for Don Schulze.		�
1987-06-22						Trade	Traded by Mariners to Tigers for Bryan Kelly.		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
1985	Seattle Mariners	Team Payroll	26	60,000	-	516	20	-		370,780	60,000	60,000
1986	Seattle Mariners	Team Payroll	27	70,000	-	570	26	19		386,347	60,000	130,000
1988	Minnesota Twins	Team Payroll	29	62,500	-	604	29	-		392,107	62,500	192,500

* Career earnings are a simple calculation of available yearly salaries listed here. They include only base salary and draft signing bonus. Minor league salaries are excluded. The value is not meant to reflect a player's actual career earnings.
* League minimum salaries are displayed in red

Karl BestTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1978-1988 MLB Years: 1983-1988Follow TBC on Twitter and Facebook

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Karl BestTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1978-1988 MLB Years: 1983-1988
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