Bill
Landrum
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 17, 1957 in Usa, SC, COLUMBIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1990   
All-Star Selections 1987   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1986 28 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 7 7 7 8 9 8
1987 29 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1988 30 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 6 7 7 8 8 8
1989 31 DET AL $ 1,157,143 6 4 5 4 6 7 7 8 8 8
1990 32 DET AL $ 1,157,143 6 4 5 4 6 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 6 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,157,143 6 4 5 4 7 7 7 8 9 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1986 28 KCR AL 18 11 .621 35 35 5 2 0 234.0 249 102 14 60 117 3.92 .270 .317 .388 .704 15.4
1987 29 KCR AL 13 12 .520 33 33 0 0 0 197.7 231 88 16 38 111 4.01 .297 .330 .427 .758 11.0
1988 30 KCR AL 12 7 .632 38 38 0 0 0 198.0 220 100 13 61 105 4.55 .278 .331 .394 .725 9.3
1989 31 KCR AL 8 10 .444 24 24 0 0 0 128.7 158 75 13 32 79 5.25 .299 .340 .467 .807 4.0
  DET AL 4 3 .571 11 11 0 0 0 73.0 55 27 4 29 36 3.33 .207 .285 .323 .609 6.3
  TOT   12 13 .480 35 35 0 0 0 201.7 213 102 17 61 115 4.55 .268 .321 .419 .740 10.3
1990 32 DET AL 7 9 .438 32 32 0 0 0 163.3 186 86 8 59 76 4.74 .284 .341 .386 .727 7.2
5 Years Sim 62 52 .544 173 173 5 2 0 994.6 1099 478 68 279 524 4.33 .279 .327 .403 .730 53.2
Season Average 12 10 .545 34 34 1 0 0 198.9 219 95 13 55 104 4.33 .279 .327 .403 .730  
Career Highs 18 13 .632 38 38 5 2 0 234.0 249 102 17 61 117 4.74 .297 .341 .427 .758  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   440 185 30 72 257   .266 .296 .385 .681
vs LH   659 293 38 207 267   .289 .348 .416 .764
Home 27 25 .519 86 86 5 2 0 495.6 552 247 35 133 249 4.49 .282 .327 .410 .737
Away 35 27 .565 87 87 0 0 0 499.0 547 231 33 146 275 4.17 .276 .326 .396 .722
Mar/Apr 15 7 .682 29 29 1 0 0 174.3 185 79 18 39 96 4.08 .270 .309 .434 .743
May 13 11 .542 30 30 1 1 0 169.3 204 90 12 44 81 4.78 .295 .337 .418 .756
June 9 10 .474 28 28 0 0 0 167.3 191 79 8 46 105 4.25 .291 .337 .396 .733
July 7 11 .389 27 27 1 0 0 146.0 187 84 13 43 70 5.18 .310 .355 .444 .799
August 11 7 .611 29 29 1 1 0 187.3 180 73 10 50 95 3.51 .254 .303 .344 .646
Sep/Oct 7 6 .538 30 30 2 0 0 150.3 152 73 7 57 77 4.37 .256 .321 .387 .708
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1986 28 KCR AL P 35 35 234.0 17 45 3 5 .954 2.38    
1987 29 KCR AL P 33 33 197.7 13 40 0 1 1.000 2.41    
1988 30 KCR AL P 38 38 198.0 13 40 3 2 .946 2.41    
1989 31 KCR AL P 24 24 128.7 8 26 1 1 .971 2.38    
  DET AL P 11 11 73.0 5 15 1 1 .952 2.47    
  TOT   P 35 35 201.7 13 41 2 2 .964 2.41    
1990 32 DET AL P 32 32 163.3 19 31 0 5 1.000 2.76    
Career Totals   173 173 994.6 75 197 8 15 .971 2.46    
Career Highs   38 38 234.0 19 45 3 5 1.000 2.76    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1986 28 KCR AL 4 0 1.000 5 5 1 0 0 32.3 34 16 1 11 13 4.45 .264 .321 .357 .678
1987 29 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 8 4 1 6 9 2.64 .163 .255 .224 .479
1989 31 DET AL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.7 3 3 2 0 0 5.79 .176 .176 .529 .706
1990 32 DET AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 5.7 6 4 1 1 4 6.36 .250 .280 .458 .738
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 0 1.000 11 8 1 0 0 56.3 51 27 5 18 26 4.32 .233 .291 .352 .643
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1986-2-18
Games Started
1986-5-35
1988-1-38
1989-4-35
Shutouts
1986-8-2
Hits Allowed
1986-8-249
1987-9-231
Walks per 9IP
1987-10-1.7
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Bob Tewksbury (970)
  2. Charlie Lea (967)
  3. Johnny Kucks (954)
  4. Sheriff Blake (952)
  5. Ralph Buxton (951)
  6. Kelly Downs (950)
  7. Bill Harris (948)
  8. Rich Nye (944)
  9. Spud Chandler (944)
  10. Steve Crawford (943)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 36th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1986
Earned first career win on 4/5/1986
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1986, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Injured on 7/26/1987 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 7/31/1989 (Going to DET: P Bill Landrum. Going to KCR: RF Cesar Cedeno, DH Keith Hernandez, P Joe Hesketh)
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration
7/31/1990: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1990