Joey
McLaughlin
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: July 11, 1956 in Usa, OK, TULSA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1984   
All-Star Selections 1985    1989   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 20 BAL AL   6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1978 21 BAL AL   6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1979 22 BAL AL   6 5 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 7
1980 23 TOR AL   6 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1981 24 TOR AL   6 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1982 25 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 8 8
1983 26 COL NL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1984 27 COL NL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1985 28 COL NL $ 5,742,857 6 8 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10
1986 29 COL NL $ 6,292,857 6 8 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10
1987 30 IND AL $ 6,292,857 6 8 8 8 5 6 5 10 10 10
1988 31 MON NL $ 6,292,857 6 8 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1989 32 MON NL $ 8,000,000 5 8 8 8 5 6 5 10 10 10
1990 33 MON NL $ 8,000,000 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000 6 8 9 9 8 8 8 10 10 10
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
1977 20 AAA   6 4 .600 51 0 0 0 23 69.3 81 24 4 13 45 3.12 .292 .324 .386 .710  
1978 21 AAA   6 8 .429 51 7 0 0 10 118.7 133 52 6 42 92 3.94 .279 .338 .370 .708  
1979 22 AA   6 4 .600 39 1 0 0 19 55.0 48 15 4 21 60 2.45 .231 .301 .332 .633  
1980 23 AAA   5 6 .455 28 4 0 0 14 54.0 67 22 4 18 40 3.67 .306 .359 .429 .788  
    AA   1 2 .333 10 0 0 0 7 11.0 9 4 0 6 9 3.27 .220 .319 .268 .587  
1981 24 AAA   5 2 .714 58 0 0 0 6 47.7 38 6 1 24 31 1.13 .220 .315 .260 .575  
1982 25 TOR AL 5 8 .385 74 0 0 0 1 84.0 78 25 1 27 47 2.68 .248 .305 .306 .611 8.2
1983 26 COL NL 14 11 .560 33 33 5 2 0 231.3 205 87 9 65 147 3.38 .237 .288 .353 .642 15.3
1984 27 COL NL 19 8 .704 35 35 4 3 0 245.3 199 66 4 53 185 2.42 .219 .261 .305 .567 23.3
1985 28 COL NL 17 9 .654 32 32 4 3 0 226.0 163 62 0 73 178 2.47 .201 .267 .281 .549 20.6
1986 29 COL NL 13 13 .500 36 36 4 2 0 245.7 206 76 7 73 227 2.78 .224 .281 .327 .608 19.5
1987 30 IND AL 1 2 .333 7 7 0 0 0 37.3 25 14 0 16 32 3.38 .187 .273 .239 .512 2.9
1988 31 MON NL 12 8 .600 32 32 1 1 0 166.3 165 75 5 68 149 4.06 .254 .324 .350 .673 7.5
1989 32 MON NL 16 6 .727 35 35 1 0 0 213.7 166 60 9 68 183 2.53 .214 .277 .308 .585 19.3
1990 33 MON NL 11 7 .611 36 36 1 1 0 187.0 153 63 1 69 181 3.03 .221 .290 .309 .599 15.6
9 Years Sim 108 72 .600 320 246 20 12 1 1636.6 1360 528 36 512 1329 2.90 .224 .284 .316 .600 132.3
4 Years AAA 22 20 .524 188 11 0 0 53 289.7 319 104 15 97 208 3.23 .279 .335 .369 .704  
2 Years AA 7 6 .538 49 1 0 0 26 66.0 57 19 4 27 69 2.59 .229 .304 .321 .626  
6 Years Minors 29 26 .527 237 12 0 0 79 355.7 376 123 19 124 277 3.11 .270 .329 .360 .689  
Season Average 12 8 .600 35 27 2 1 0 181.8 151 58 4 56 147 2.90 .224 .284 .316 .600  
Career Highs 19 13 .727 74 36 5 3 1 245.7 206 87 9 73 227 4.06 .254 .324 .353 .673  
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   592 238 17 221 721   .205 .261 .292 .553
vs LH   768 290 19 291 608   .241 .305 .338 .643
Home 52 31 .627 162 126 7 6 0 826.0 702 270 17 254 662 2.94 .228 .287 .323 .610
Away 56 41 .577 158 120 13 6 1 810.6 658 258 19 258 667 2.86 .220 .281 .309 .591
Mar/Apr 21 6 .778 53 43 5 5 0 296.6 220 73 5 89 232 2.21 .206 .268 .285 .553
May 17 15 .531 55 44 2 1 0 279.3 247 97 5 78 248 3.13 .234 .286 .318 .604
June 24 7 .774 54 40 1 0 0 265.0 225 84 5 81 181 2.85 .229 .288 .307 .595
July 14 19 .424 55 41 4 1 1 263.0 241 106 8 87 210 3.63 .242 .303 .368 .671
August 17 12 .586 56 41 6 4 0 281.3 220 81 8 83 240 2.59 .213 .271 .309 .580
Sep/Oct 15 13 .536 47 37 4 3 0 251.3 207 87 5 94 218 3.12 .221 .292 .313 .605
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1982 25 TOR AL P 74 0 84.0 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.18    
1983 26 COL NL P 33 33 231.3 14 41 1 0 .982 2.14    
1984 27 COL NL P 35 35 245.3 15 37 1 3 .981 1.91    
1985 28 COL NL P 32 32 226.0 9 40 2 3 .961 1.95    
1986 29 COL NL P 36 36 245.7 13 31 1 2 .978 1.61    
1987 30 IND AL P 7 7 37.3 5 4 0 1 1.000 2.17    
1988 31 MON NL P 32 32 166.3 8 36 2 2 .957 2.38    
1989 32 MON NL P 35 35 213.7 13 27 0 2 1.000 1.68    
1990 33 MON NL P 36 36 187.0 4 28 1 1 .970 1.54    
Career Totals   320 246 1636.6 86 250 8 14 .977 1.85    
Career Highs   74 36 245.7 15 41 2 3 1.000 2.38    
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
1983 26 COL NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.3 4 2 0 3 2 2.46 .160 .250 .240 .490
1984 27 COL NL 4 1 .800 5 5 1 1 0 39.7 22 3 0 12 29 0.68 .159 .227 .217 .444
1986 29 COL NL 3 0 1.000 4 4 1 1 0 28.0 20 6 0 8 15 1.93 .206 .267 .227 .493
1988 31 MON NL 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 17.7 19 7 1 6 17 3.57 .275 .333 .406 .739
Career Post-Season Pitching 9 2 .818 13 13 2 2 0 92.7 65 18 1 29 63 1.75 .198 .263 .261 .524
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1984-4-2.42
1985-3-2.47
1986-4-2.78
1989-3-2.53
1990-4-3.03
CAR-10-2.90
Wins
1984-4-19
1985-6-17
1989-6-16
Winning Pct
1984-5-.704
1985-9-.654
1989-7-.727
Games Pitched
1982-5-74
Games Started
1984-8-35
1986-4-36
1989-3-35
1990-3-36
Complete Games
1990-5-1
Shutouts
1984-4-3
1985-4-3
1986-6-2
1988-9-1
1990-4-1
Strikeouts
1986-3-227
1990-9-181
Hits per 9IP
1984-8-7.3
1985-3-6.5
1986-7-7.5
1989-6-7.0
1990-6-7.4
CAR-23-7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP
1985-8-7.1
1986-2-8.3
1988-8-8.1
1989-8-7.7
1990-6-8.7
CAR-36-7.3
WHiP
1984-4-1.03
1985-3-1.04
1986-6-1.14
1989-9-1.10
CAR-16-1.14
OAVG
1984-7-.219
1985-3-.201
1986-7-.224
1989-6-.214
1990-6-.221
CAR-24-.224
OOBP
1984-4-.261
1985-3-.267
1986-4-.281
1989-10-.277
CAR-15-.284
OSLG
1984-3-.305
1985-2-.281
1986-7-.327
1989-5-.308
1990-3-.309
CAR-9-.316
OOPS
1984-2-.567
1985-1-.549
1986-5-.608
1989-5-.585
1990-4-.599
CAR-9-.600
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 81    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 56th overall pick, by Baltimore II in 1977
Traded from Baltimore to Toronto on 6/1/1980 (Going to TOR: 3B Juan Bernhardt, P Bob Knepper, P Joey Mclaughlin. Going to BAL: SS Dave Rosello)
Earned first career win on 6/18/1982
Traded from Toronto to Colorado on 2/14/1983 (Going to COL: P Joey Mclaughlin. Going to TOR: P Bob Owchinko)
Pitched NO-HITTER against New York (N) on 8/15/1984, striking out 11
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1984, going 4-0, 1.01
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1984
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,742,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1985, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1985, going 3-0, 0.79
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Injured on 9/9/1985 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,292,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,292,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Colorado to Indianapolis on 3/4/1987 (Going to COL: P Gorman Heimueller. Going to IND: P Joey Mclaughlin)
Injured on 5/6/1987 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,292,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Indianapolis to Montreal on 4/3/1988 (Going to IND: P Bob Lacey. Going to MON: P Joey Mclaughlin, SS Ken Oberkfell, C Mike Scioscia)
6/1/1988: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $8,000,000 per year, for 7 years
Injured on 4/8/1989 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1989, going 3-0, 0.94
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Pitched NO-HITTER against Pittsburgh on 9/30/1990, striking out 9