MLB / Players

Bob Stanley

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 210 lb

BornNovember 10, 1954 · Portland, ME, USA

MLB debutApril 16, 1977

Final gameSeptember 5, 1989

Seasons13 (1977–1989)

Boston Red Sox 1977–1989

Percentile snapshot

1982 season — qualified pitchers

98.9

41.6

88.8

100

SHO

161

98.9

19.1

86.5

168.3

7.9

ERA

3.10

89.9

WHIP

1.253

61.8

K/9

4.44

37.1

FIP

3.52

67.4

FIP-

82.4

85.4

ERA+

137.5

96.6

sWAR

3.9

84.3

of 90 qualified 1982 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

116.8

sWAR

28.9

96.3

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1977	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.3
1978	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.9
1979	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.2
1980	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.3
1981	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0
1982	48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.9
1983	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.9
1984	57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1985	48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.3
1986	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
1987	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
1988	57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1989	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1977	41	13	8	7	3	3	1	176	67	43	44	10	151.0	3.99	1.450	2.62	3.94	88.5	111.3	2.3
1978	52	3	15	2	10	0	0	142	41	34	38	5	141.7	2.60	1.242	2.41	3.22	78.9	156.5	3.9
1979	40	30	16	12	1	9	4	250	96	44	56	14	216.7	3.99	1.357	2.33	3.75	85.3	110.4	3.2
1980	52	17	10	8	14	5	1	186	66	52	71	11	175.0	3.39	1.360	3.65	3.78	90.0	123.6	3.3
1981	35	1	10	8	0	0	0	110	42	38	28	3	98.7	3.83	1.500	2.55	3.71	96.7	100.0	1.0
1982	48	0	12	7	14	0	0	161	58	50	83	11	168.3	3.10	1.253	4.44	3.52	82.4	137.5	3.9
1983	64	0	8	10	33	0	0	145	46	38	65	7	145.3	2.85	1.259	4.03	3.40	78.9	151.4	3.9
1984	57	0	9	10	22	0	0	113	42	23	52	9	106.7	3.54	1.275	4.39	3.57	86.1	117.0	1.8
1985	48	0	6	6	10	0	0	76	28	30	46	7	87.7	2.87	1.209	4.72	3.83	89.6	148.5	2.3
1986	66	1	6	6	16	0	0	109	40	22	54	9	82.3	4.37	1.591	5.90	3.70	88.5	95.7	0.6
1987	34	20	4	15	0	4	1	198	85	42	67	17	152.7	5.01	1.572	3.95	4.29	94.5	90.6	0.7
1988	57	0	6	4	5	0	0	90	36	29	57	6	101.7	3.19	1.170	5.05	3.53	86.0	128.8	2.1
1989	43	0	5	2	4	0	0	102	43	26	32	4	79.3	4.88	1.613	3.63	3.72	91.2	83.6	0.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

637

RBI

Pitching

G (P)

637

191st-most career G (P)

115

484th-most career W

132

110th-most career SV

SHO

1,707

SO (P)

693

BB allowed

471

ERA

3.638

WHIP

1.3644

K/9

3.65

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB
1980-07-29	BOS @ KC Gameday	0
1986-10-19	BOS @ NYM Gameday	1
1986-10-25	BOS @ NYM Gameday	0
1986-10-27	BOS @ NYM Gameday	0
1987-07-17	ATH @ BOS Gameday	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1980-05-28	TOR @ BOS Gameday	9.0	9	4	4	3	7	0
1980-04-29	BOS @ CWS Gameday	8.0	4	1	1	4	7	1
1982-08-26	LAA @ BOS Gameday	6.1	4	0	0	0	6	0
1987-08-22	MIN @ BOS Gameday	6.0	7	4	3	4	6	0
1988-05-17	ATH @ BOS Gameday	5.2	4	1	1	0	6	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.