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Gary
Lucas		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 8, 1954 in Usa, CA, RIVERSIDE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1980   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1981 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1982 27 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1983 28 CLE AL $ 1,291,429 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1984 29 CLE AL   5 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 6
1986 31 BSN NL $ 544,000 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1987 32 BSN NL $ 544,000 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1988 33 CLE AL $ 608,000 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1989 34 DET AL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,291,429 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 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
1980 25 CLE AL 7 5 .583 64 0 0 0 40 74.7 83 37 5 26 36 4.46 .287 .342 .412 .753 9.6
1981 26 CLE AL 1 10 .091 57 1 0 0 27 64.3 71 41 5 37 30 5.74 .282 .371 .409 .780 2.0
1982 27 CLE AL 9 9 .500 30 18 0 0 1 149.3 137 61 9 40 80 3.68 .244 .295 .342 .637 9.5
1983 28 CLE AL 4 4 .500 46 3 0 0 13 66.0 73 24 5 17 32 3.27 .282 .326 .382 .708 6.6
1984 29 CLE AL 2 1 .667 31 0 0 0 6 49.3 57 22 5 23 24 4.01 .291 .360 .434 .794 2.6
1986 31 BSN NL 3 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 0 52.0 50 20 5 14 18 3.46 .265 .314 .386 .700 4.4
    AAA   1 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 1 31.7 25 11 1 11 17 3.13 .214 .281 .291 .572  
1987 32 BSN NL 6 4 .600 55 0 0 0 3 90.0 100 61 9 47 39 6.10 .285 .367 .433 .800 1.1
1988 33 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 0 14.3 6 3 2 6 5 1.88 .133 .235 .267 .502 2.2
    AAA   6 3 .667 61 0 0 0 3 62.7 57 18 9 16 45 2.59 .252 .302 .420 .722  
1989 34 AAA   3 1 .750 23 0 0 0 1 30.7 33 12 3 12 20 3.52 .277 .344 .403 .747  
    AA   1 1 .500 35 0 0 0 1 33.0 20 5 2 6 19 1.36 .182 .224 .255 .479  
8 Years Sim 33 33 .500 318 22 0 0 90 560.0 577 269 45 210 264 4.32 .269 .333 .390 .722 38.0
3 Years AAA 10 4 .714 106 0 0 0 5 125.0 115 41 13 39 82 2.95 .249 .307 .383 .691  
1 Years AA 1 1 .500 35 0 0 0 1 33.0 20 5 2 6 19 1.36 .182 .224 .255 .479  
4 Years Minors 11 5 .688 141 0 0 0 6 158.0 135 46 15 45 101 2.62 .236 .292 .358 .650  
Season Average 4 4 .500 39 2 0 0 11 70.0 72 33 5 26 33 4.32 .269 .333 .390 .722  
Career Highs 9 10 1.000 64 18 0 0 40 149.3 137 61 9 47 80 6.10 .291 .371 .434 .800  
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   399 172 29 149 171   .279 .347 .396 .743
vs LH   178 97 16 61 93   .250 .309 .378 .687
Home 20 21 .488 164 12 0 0 41 307.3 297 155 28 117 151 4.54 .255 .323 .390 .714
Away 13 12 .520 154 10 0 0 52 252.6 280 114 17 93 113 4.06 .286 .348 .389 .737
Mar/Apr 4 2 .667 45 0 0 0 12 72.3 70 25 6 24 28 3.11 .259 .320 .400 .720
May 2 3 .400 47 0 0 0 14 62.7 77 41 3 24 28 5.89 .307 .367 .426 .794
June 4 6 .400 41 4 0 0 13 72.3 78 33 7 32 36 4.11 .281 .355 .414 .769
July 4 4 .500 50 4 0 0 18 90.0 102 55 10 22 48 5.50 .287 .329 .431 .760
August 10 8 .556 64 5 0 0 19 123.6 109 48 8 45 63 3.49 .234 .302 .342 .644
Sep/Oct 9 10 .474 71 9 0 0 17 139.0 141 67 11 63 61 4.34 .270 .348 .369 .717
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1980 25 CLE AL P 64 0 74.7 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.93    
1981 26 CLE AL P 57 1 64.3 7 8 1 0 .938 2.10    
1982 27 CLE AL P 30 18 149.3 9 28 1 1 .974 2.23    
1983 28 CLE AL P 46 3 66.0 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.59    
1984 29 CLE AL P 31 0 49.3 2 13 0 3 1.000 2.74    
1986 31 BSN NL P 22 0 52.0 4 13 0 4 1.000 2.94    
1987 32 BSN NL P 55 0 90.0 2 15 0 0 1.000 1.70    
1988 33 CLE AL P 13 0 14.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.77    
Career Totals   318 22 560.0 37 105 2 10 .986 2.28    
Career Highs   64 18 149.3 9 28 1 4 1.000 3.77    
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
1980 25 CLE AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.3 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 .500 .833
1982 27 CLE AL 1 1 .500 11 0 0 0 2 13.7 13 3 1 3 6 1.98 .245 .286 .321 .606
1983 28 CLE AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 6 3 1 1 2 7.38 .353 .389 .588 .977
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 15 0 0 0 3 18.7 21 6 2 4 8 2.90 .276 .313 .395 .707
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1980-1-40
1981-6-27
 Games Pitched
1980-10-64
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Lee Grissom (959)
  2. Randy Niemann (954)
  3. George Riley (953)
  4. Kevin Hickey (951)
  5. Frank Dipino (950)
  6. Syd Cohen (950)
  7. Hoyt Wilhelm (947)
  8. Pretzel Pezzullo (947)
  9. Bo Belinsky (947)
  10. Milt Shoffner (946)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 37th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1980
Earned first career win on 5/18/1980
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,291,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,291,429 through salary arbitration
Released by Cleveland (A) on 10/31/1984
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/10/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $544,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/9/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $608,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/9/1989 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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