MLB / Players

Craig Lefferts

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 180 lb
BornSeptember 29, 1957 · Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
MLB debutApril 7, 1983
Final gameJuly 3, 1994
Seasons12 (1983–1994)

Chicago Cubs 1983; San Diego Padres 1984–1987; San Francisco Giants 1987–1989; San Diego Padres 1990–1991; Baltimore Orioles 1992; San Diego Padres 1992; Texas Rangers 1993; California Angels 1994

Percentile snapshot

1992 season — qualified pitchers

G
32
27.5
GS
32
40
W
14
57.5
L
12
26.3
SV
0
0
CG
1
11.3
SHO
0
0
H
214
26.3
ER
82
55
BB
41
93.8
SO
104
23.8
HR
19
23.8
IP
196.3
30
ERA
3.76
38.8
WHIP
1.299
33.8
K/9
4.77
28.8
FIP
3.60
38.8
FIP-
99.3
35
ERA+
96.8
38.8
sWAR
1.3
27.5

of 81 qualified 1992 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
108.5
68.1
sWAR
15.2
91.1

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19835620181200001900.111.158.111.269-37.2-25.4.1381.5
19846218171510000600.294.294.353.64779.682.4.2983.0
198560440100000200.250.250.250.50035.041.9.2321.0
198684981100110400.125.125.500.62554.266.0.2621.9
198777770210010400.286.286.429.71487.990.2.3151.2
198864990000000700.000.000.000.000-124.2-100.0.0001.3
198970770000000500.000.000.000.000-124.0-100.0.0001.9
199056641100010200.250.250.250.50031.538.3.2312.0
199154660000000400.000.000.000.000-127.2-100.0.0000.5
199232615204000002100.077.077.077.154-85.4-56.6.0711.3
199352000000000000-0.9
1994300000000000000.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
198356534100803129601389.03.131.2256.074.27112.6120.91.5
1984620341000882524564105.72.131.0604.772.9382.3167.53.0
19856007620075313048783.33.351.2605.183.64102.7105.81.0
198683098400983744727107.73.091.3196.023.5195.7118.51.9
198777055600924233571398.73.831.2675.204.49113.9102.91.2
198864038110074302358792.32.921.0515.653.2297.1113.31.3
19897002420009332227111107.02.691.0755.973.3297.1126.91.9
1990560752300682222601078.72.521.1446.863.81100.0151.62.0
199154016230074301448569.03.911.2756.263.0079.496.40.5
199232321412010214824110419196.33.761.2994.773.6099.396.81.3
1993528390001025628581783.36.051.5606.265.31126.369.4-0.9
19943001110050181227734.74.671.7887.015.30109.1104.00.4

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

G
697
PA
147
AB
132
R
4
H
16
2B
2
3B
0
HR
1
RBI
3
BB
1
SO
64
SB
0
BA
.1212
OBP
.1278
SLG
.1591
OPS
.2869

Pitching

G (P)
696
124th-most career G (P)
GS
45
W
58
L
72
SV
101
168th-most career SV
CG
1
SHO
0
IP
1,146
SO (P)
719
BB allowed
322
ERA
3.425
384th-lowest career ERA
WHIP
1.2482
333rd-lowest career WHIP
K/9
5.65
462nd-highest career K/9

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1986-04-25SF @ SD Gameday111001104
1987-07-26STL @ SF Gameday101100102
1984-05-25SD @ PHI Gameday101100002
1990-06-04HOU @ SD Gameday111000101
1983-06-20CHC @ PIT Gameday101000011

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1992-05-30SD @ STL Gameday6.21043280
1992-09-12MIL @ BAL Gameday6.0744280
1992-09-06BAL @ LAA Gameday8.0854072
1993-04-05TEX @ BAL Gameday6.0744170
1993-05-12TEX @ ATH Gameday4.2555371

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.