Cal Eldred
Milwaukee Brewers 1991–1999; Chicago White Sox 2000–2001; St. Louis Cardinals 2003–2005
Percentile snapshot
1997 season — qualified pitchers
of 83 qualified 1997 pitchers (min 161 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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 | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.4 |
| 1993 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.2 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4 |
| 1997 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123.7 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.1 |
| 1998 | 24 | 39 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .176 | .156 | .333 | -19.7 | -11.4 | .161 | 0.5 |
| 1999 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .125 | .279 | -33.2 | -27.6 | .140 | -2.1 |
| 2000 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 127.3 | 97.7 | .396 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.5 |
| 2003 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 177.4 | 167.5 | .451 | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 52 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126.9 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -130.7 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 16.0 | 4.50 | 1.625 | 5.63 | 4.41 | 109.8 | 89.2 | 0.1 |
| 1992 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 20 | 23 | 62 | 4 | 100.3 | 1.79 | .987 | 5.56 | 2.82 | 72.8 | 215.8 | 3.4 |
| 1993 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 232 | 115 | 91 | 180 | 32 | 258.0 | 4.01 | 1.252 | 6.28 | 4.39 | 103.6 | 105.7 | 3.2 |
| 1994 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 158 | 93 | 84 | 98 | 23 | 179.0 | 4.68 | 1.352 | 4.93 | 5.25 | 105.6 | 106.2 | 2.3 |
| 1995 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 23.7 | 3.42 | 1.437 | 6.85 | 5.21 | 106.0 | 143.7 | 0.6 |
| 1996 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 42 | 38 | 50 | 8 | 84.7 | 4.46 | 1.417 | 5.31 | 4.78 | 93.2 | 115.0 | 1.4 |
| 1997 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 207 | 112 | 89 | 122 | 31 | 202.0 | 4.99 | 1.465 | 5.44 | 5.39 | 117.1 | 92.2 | 1.1 |
| 1998 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 71 | 61 | 86 | 14 | 133.0 | 4.80 | 1.639 | 5.82 | 4.61 | 108.1 | 88.7 | 0.5 |
| 1999 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 71 | 46 | 60 | 19 | 82.0 | 7.79 | 1.793 | 6.59 | 6.34 | 140.3 | 58.0 | -2.1 |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 103 | 57 | 59 | 97 | 12 | 112.0 | 4.58 | 1.446 | 7.79 | 4.60 | 91.9 | 109.3 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 13.50 | 2.500 | 9.00 | 6.26 | 135.4 | 34.3 | -0.5 |
| 2003 | 62 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 28 | 31 | 67 | 9 | 67.3 | 3.74 | 1.381 | 8.96 | 4.28 | 103.4 | 110.7 | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 28 | 17 | 54 | 11 | 67.0 | 3.76 | 1.313 | 7.25 | 4.28 | 101.1 | 112.6 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 3 | 37.0 | 2.19 | 1.432 | 7.05 | 4.10 | 98.3 | 190.5 | 1.2 |
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
Pitching
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 | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-08-17 | MIL @ HOU Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998-05-30 | MIA @ MIL Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998-06-30 | CLE @ MIL Gameday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998-03-31 | MIL @ ATL Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998-07-05 | MIL @ PHI Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-09-13 | MIL @ BAL Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000-04-24 | BAL @ CWS Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 1993-04-23 | TEX @ MIL Gameday | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994-06-11 | CLE @ MIL Gameday | 8.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 1993-08-20 | MIL @ LAA Gameday | 10.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 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.