Sam
Kirkpatrick
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 13, 1957 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award 1992   
All-Star Selections 1983    1985    1986    1989    1990    1992   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 20 MAN FL     0 3 0 1 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 4 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1979 21 MAN FL     1 4 1 2 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 9 9 9
1980 22 MAN FL     4 6 3 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 10 9 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 3 0 1 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 4 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings     4 6 3 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 10 9 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 23 MAN FL   73 14 12 12 9 7 8 20 17 18
1982 24 MAN FL $ 300,000 77 20 19 19 14 13 13 20 17 18
1983 25 MAN FL $ 300,000 77 19 18 19 15 14 14 20 17 18
1984 26 MAN FL $ 300,000 77 20 19 19 15 14 14 20 19 20
1985 27 MAN FL $ 2,657,143 77 20 19 19 15 14 14 20 19 20
1986 28 MAN FL $ 7,021,429 77 20 19 19 16 14 15 20 19 19
1987 29 LV FL $ 12,290,000 77 20 20 20 16 15 15 20 19 19
1988 30 LV FL $ 12,290,000 77 20 19 19 16 15 15 20 19 19
1989 31 LV FL $ 12,290,000 82 20 19 19 16 14 15 20 19 19
1990 32 LV FL $ 12,290,000 82 20 20 20 16 14 15 20 19 19
1991 33 LV FL $ 12,290,000 77 20 19 19 15 14 14 20 19 19
1992 34 MTL FL $ 12,290,000 71 20 19 19 14 13 13 20 19 19
1993 35 MTL FL $ 12,290,000 71 17 17 17 12 10 11 16 15 15
1994 36 MTL FL $ 12,290,000 60 11 10 10 6 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   60 11 10 10 6 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,290,000 82 20 20 20 16 15 15 20 19 20
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 20 MAN FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 21 MAN FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1980 22 MAN FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 23 MAN FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1982 24 MAN FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1983 25 MAN FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1984 26 MAN FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1985 27 MAN FL $ 2,657,143   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1986 28 MAN FL $ 7,021,429   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1987 29 LV FL $ 12,290,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1988 30 LV FL $ 12,290,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1989 31 LV FL $ 12,290,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1990 32 LV FL $ 12,290,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1991 33 LV FL $ 12,290,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1992 34 MTL FL $ 12,290,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1993 35 MTL FL $ 12,290,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1994 36 MTL FL $ 12,290,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,290,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1978 20 A   4 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 44.7 33 11 1 8 44 2.22 .199 .236 .271 .507  
1979 21 AA   7 13 .350 23 23 0 0 0 135.0 184 94 8 35 216 6.27 .325 .364 .459 .824  
1980 22 AAA   12 9 .571 23 23 2 1 0 152.0 211 81 9 20 225 4.80 .328 .348 .438 .786  
    AA   1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.7 15 4 0 1 18 2.46 .268 .281 .304 .584  
1981 23 AAA   7 16 .304 30 30 2 1 0 177.3 222 119 11 91 153 6.04 .307 .385 .432 .817  
1982 24 MAN FL 11 7 .611 33 33 1 0 0 201.0 189 79 6 98 149 3.54 .250 .337 .321 .658 12.8
1983 25 MAN FL 19 12 .613 36 36 5 3 0 243.3 190 77 13 69 182 2.85 .214 .277 .316 .593 21.4
1984 26 MAN FL 11 12 .478 35 35 0 0 0 214.7 211 86 8 67 177 3.61 .253 .310 .355 .665 13.2
1985 27 MAN FL 15 10 .600 36 36 1 1 0 242.3 186 56 5 69 203 2.08 .213 .272 .291 .563 25.4
1986 28 MAN FL 17 9 .654 37 37 1 1 0 227.3 215 81 9 74 193 3.21 .251 .315 .360 .675 23.1
1987 29 MAN FL 5 9 .357 24 24 0 0 0 136.7 128 53 8 53 123 3.49 .246 .318 .367 .686 8.2
  LV FL 6 3 .667 13 13 0 0 0 85.0 70 33 4 26 87 3.49 .224 .287 .332 .619 7.7
  TOT   11 12 .478 37 37 0 0 0 221.7 198 86 12 79 210 3.49 .238 .307 .354 .661 15.9
1988 30 LV FL 16 6 .727 32 32 1 1 0 210.3 200 76 9 58 184 3.25 .248 .300 .364 .664 15.8
1989 31 LV FL 16 8 .667 32 31 1 1 0 216.7 180 61 12 47 185 2.53 .224 .270 .336 .605 21.3
1990 32 LV FL 17 6 .739 33 31 1 1 0 212.0 171 63 5 54 215 2.67 .217 .273 .316 .589 20.7
1991 33 LV FL 14 8 .636 33 33 1 0 0 219.3 173 68 5 67 224 2.79 .215 .274 .311 .585 21.0
1992 34 LV FL 8 2 .800 12 12 1 0 0 75.3 57 22 3 33 65 2.63 .209 .294 .300 .595 8.3
  MTL FL 14 3 .824 27 27 1 1 0 173.0 144 44 9 57 176 2.29 .226 .291 .335 .626 18.9
  TOT   22 5 .815 39 39 2 1 0 248.3 201 66 12 90 241 2.39 .221 .292 .325 .616 27.2
1993 35 MTL FL 8 3 .727 21 21 0 0 0 114.0 92 44 8 57 100 3.47 .224 .317 .380 .698 8.1
1994 36 MTL FL 9 7 .563 34 34 0 0 0 189.7 201 111 27 95 137 5.27 .272 .355 .455 .810 4.1
13 Years Sim 186 105 .639 438 435 14 9 0 2760.6 2407 954 131 924 2400 3.11 .234 .299 .342 .641 230.2
2 Years AAA 19 25 .432 53 53 4 2 0 329.3 433 200 20 111 378 5.47 .317 .368 .435 .803  
2 Years AA 8 14 .364 25 25 0 0 0 149.7 199 98 8 36 234 5.89 .320 .357 .445 .802  
1 Years A 4 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 44.7 33 11 1 8 44 2.22 .199 .236 .271 .507  
5 Years Minors 31 39 .443 84 84 4 2 0 523.7 665 309 29 155 656 5.31 .309 .355 .425 .780  
Season Average 14 8 .636 33 33 1 0 0 212.4 185 73 10 71 184 3.11 .234 .299 .342 .641  
Career Highs 22 12 .815 39 39 5 3 0 248.3 215 111 27 98 241 5.27 .272 .355 .455 .810  
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   1874 738 107 722 1785   .240 .304 .353 .657
vs LH   533 216 24 202 615   .214 .273 .309 .582
Home 84 45 .651 211 209 9 5 0 1330.3 1163 481 70 464 1181 3.25 .233 .299 .344 .642
Away 102 60 .630 227 226 5 4 0 1430.3 1244 473 61 460 1219 2.98 .234 .295 .341 .636
Mar/Apr 29 18 .617 73 73 2 1 0 450.0 419 181 19 167 381 3.62 .245 .312 .364 .676
May 31 23 .574 77 77 3 3 0 483.0 391 155 20 177 390 2.89 .222 .293 .326 .619
June 34 13 .723 66 66 2 0 0 439.6 365 127 15 134 397 2.60 .223 .281 .315 .597
July 30 23 .566 77 77 4 3 0 491.0 440 176 26 158 434 3.23 .238 .298 .349 .647
August 36 13 .735 76 76 0 0 0 485.3 428 165 29 155 453 3.06 .238 .299 .348 .647
Sep/Oct 26 15 .634 69 66 3 2 0 411.6 364 150 22 133 345 3.28 .236 .297 .351 .648
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1982 24 MAN FL 33 67 5 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 32 .060 .099 .104 .203 -1.9 0.0
1983 25 MAN FL 36 82 3 4 2 0 0 5 1 0 5 38 .049 .103 .073 .177 -3.2 0.0
1984 26 MAN FL 35 72 2 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 27 .042 .055 .083 .138 -3.7 0.0
1985 27 MAN FL 36 77 1 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 26 .065 .077 .104 .181 -3.5 0.0
1986 28 MAN FL 37 81 2 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 .062 .062 .099 .160 -3.7 0.0
1987 29 MAN FL 24 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 .000 .000 .000 .000 -4.2 0.0
  LV FL 13 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .000 .037 .000 .037 -2.0 0.0
  TOT   37 72 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 34 .000 .014 .000 .014 -6.3 0.0
1988 30 LV FL 32 72 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 37 .056 .093 .083 .177 -3.5 0.0
1989 31 LV FL 32 72 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 21 .028 .027 .056 .083 -4.8 0.0
1990 32 LV FL 33 67 4 5 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 26 .075 .113 .164 .277 0.0 0.0
1991 33 LV FL 33 72 4 6 4 0 0 2 1 0 3 29 .083 .120 .139 .259 -1.2 0.0
1992 34 LV FL 12 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.9 0.0
  MTL FL 27 52 3 5 3 0 1 4 0 0 5 15 .096 .175 .212 .387 1.7 0.0
  TOT   39 74 4 5 3 0 1 4 0 0 5 21 .068 .127 .149 .275 -0.2 0.0
1993 35 MTL FL 21 37 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .081 .081 .162 .243 -0.8 0.0
1994 36 MTL FL 34 61 2 5 4 0 0 6 0 0 4 19 .082 .138 .148 .286 -0.8 0.0
13 Years Sim 438 906 33 51 31 2 2 39 3 0 29 356 .056 .085 .102 .187 -33.5 0.0
162 Game Average 335 12 18 11 0 0 14 1 0 10 131 .056 .085 .102 .187 -12.4  
Career Highs 39 82 5 6 4 1 1 6 1 0 5 38 .083 .138 .164 .286 0.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   614 25 35 19 2 2 34 2 0 21 246 .057 .088 .104 .192 -23.4
vs LH   292 8 16 12 0 0 5 1 0 8 110 .055 .080 .096 .176 -13.0
Home 211 402 12 23 14 1 1 14 2 0 12 176 .057 .084 .104 .189 -15.9
Away 227 504 21 28 17 1 1 25 1 0 17 180 .056 .086 .099 .185 -20.5
RISP   238 0 15 8 0 2 36 0 0 12 89 .063 .106 .122 .228 -6.2
Close/Late   12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .083 .214 .167 .381 0.3
Mar/Apr 73 147 5 5 4 0 1 7 1 0 5 63 .034 .065 .082 .147 -7.4
May 77 157 6 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 61 .032 .044 .057 .101 -10.5
June 66 154 6 10 6 0 1 10 0 0 4 57 .065 .088 .123 .211 -5.2
July 77 157 4 12 7 0 0 6 0 0 5 65 .076 .104 .121 .225 -4.7
August 76 155 6 10 5 1 0 9 0 0 6 65 .065 .099 .110 .208 -5.2
Sep/Oct 69 136 6 9 5 1 0 5 2 0 7 45 .066 .112 .118 .230 -3.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1982 24 MAN FL P 33 33 201.0 13 30 0 7 1.000 1.93    
1983 25 MAN FL P 36 36 243.3 21 55 3 8 .962 2.81    
1984 26 MAN FL P 35 35 214.7 13 44 5 10 .919 2.39    
1985 27 MAN FL P 36 36 242.3 23 41 1 5 .985 2.38    
1986 28 MAN FL P 37 37 227.3 15 45 1 2 .984 2.38    
1987 29 MAN FL P 24 24 136.7 10 25 1 2 .972 2.30    
  LV FL P 13 13 85.0 7 16 1 1 .958 2.44    
  TOT   P 37 37 221.7 17 41 2 3 .967 2.35    
1988 30 LV FL P 32 32 210.3 16 42 6 3 .906 2.48    
1989 31 LV FL P 32 31 216.7 7 41 0 3 1.000 1.99    
1990 32 LV FL P 33 31 212.0 10 37 0 3 1.000 2.00    
1991 33 LV FL P 33 33 219.3 7 36 2 1 .956 1.76    
1992 34 LV FL P 12 12 75.3 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.91    
  MTL FL P 27 27 173.0 9 28 1 1 .974 1.92    
  TOT   P 39 39 248.3 13 40 1 2 .981 1.92    
1993 35 MTL FL P 21 21 114.0 7 24 0 2 1.000 2.45    
1994 36 MTL FL P 34 34 189.7 10 35 1 3 .978 2.14    
Career Totals   438 435 2760.6 172 511 22 52 .969 2.23    
Career Highs   39 39 248.3 23 55 6 10 1.000 2.81    
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
1988 30 LV FL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 20.0 18 6 0 5 15 2.70 .237 .284 .342 .626
1989 31 LV FL 2 1 .667 5 5 0 0 0 35.0 27 7 0 11 24 1.80 .223 .288 .314 .602
1990 32 LV FL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 4 2 0 3 9 2.70 .154 .241 .192 .434
1991 33 LV FL 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 28.0 16 5 0 9 23 1.61 .172 .245 .280 .525
1992 34 MTL FL 1 2 .333 3 3 0 0 0 21.0 16 3 1 5 20 1.29 .200 .247 .288 .535
1993 35 MTL FL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 8 4 2 4 9 2.57 .160 .222 .320 .542
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 6 .538 18 18 0 0 0 124.7 89 27 3 37 100 1.95 .200 .261 .300 .561
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1988 30 LV FL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1989 31 LV FL 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000
1990 32 LV FL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1991 33 LV FL 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100
1992 34 MTL FL 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1993 35 MTL FL 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600
Career Post-Season Batting 18 39 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .026 .050 .051 .101
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1983-5-2.85
1985-1-2.08
1986-8-3.21
1987-10-3.49
1988-9-3.25
1989-3-2.53
1990-1-2.67
1991-2-2.79
1992-2-2.39
CAR-16-3.11
Wins
1983-1-19
1985-8-15
1986-2-17
1988-5-16
1989-7-16
1990-5-17
1992-1-22
CAR-13-186
Winning Pct
1986-10-.654
1988-3-.727
1990-4-.739
1991-10-.636
1992-2-.815
CAR-13-.639
Games Started
1983-7-36
1984-8-35
1985-1-36
1986-2-37
1987-1-37
1992-1-39
1994-7-34
CAR-15-435
Complete Games
1983-1-5
1992-7-2
Shutouts
1983-1-3
1985-7-1
1986-3-1
1988-5-1
1989-4-1
1990-3-1
1992-4-1
Innings Pitched
1983-6-243.3
1985-5-242.3
1986-6-227.3
1987-7-221.7
1992-3-248.3
CAR-22-2760.6
Hits Allowed
CAR-31-2407
Homeruns Allowed
1994-8-27
Strikeouts
1983-8-182
1984-6-177
1985-3-203
1986-7-193
1987-6-210
1988-7-184
1989-9-185
1990-6-215
1991-5-224
1992-3-241
CAR-23-2400
Walks Allowed
1982-1-98
1985-10-69
1986-10-74
1987-7-79
1992-2-90
1994-1-95
CAR-7-924
Hits per 9IP
1983-4-7.0
1985-4-6.9
1987-6-8.0
1989-6-7.5
1990-3-7.3
1991-4-7.1
1992-2-7.3
CAR-36-7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP
1984-6-7.4
1985-6-7.5
1987-10-8.5
1990-4-9.1
1991-4-9.2
1992-7-8.7
WHiP
1983-8-1.06
1985-7-1.05
1989-4-1.05
1990-6-1.06
1991-5-1.09
1992-8-1.17
OAVG
1983-4-.214
1985-4-.213
1987-6-.238
1989-6-.224
1990-3-.217
1991-4-.215
1992-2-.221
CAR-39-.234
OOBP
1983-7-.277
1985-7-.272
1989-3-.270
1990-4-.273
1991-4-.274
1992-6-.292
OSLG
1982-8-.321
1983-5-.316
1985-3-.291
1987-6-.354
1988-10-.364
1989-5-.336
1990-2-.316
1991-1-.311
1992-2-.325
CAR-13-.342
OOPS
1983-5-.593
1985-3-.563
1987-8-.661
1989-3-.605
1990-2-.589
1991-1-.585
1992-3-.616
CAR-22-.641
 
   Black Ink Test: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 178    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 55    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  6. Jerry Syed (898)
  7. John Ross Riles, Jr. (889)
  8. Roy Hobbs, Jr. (886)
  9. Evander Kilkenny (885)
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  1. Vernon Meyer (995)
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  4. Drew Triggs (986)
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  6. Darius Campbell (985)
  7. Roy Anderson (985)
  8. Mickey Ford (984)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Manhattan in 1978