Danny Darwin

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 185 lb

BornOctober 25, 1955 · Bonham, TX, USA

MLB debutSeptember 8, 1978

Final gameSeptember 22, 1998

Seasons21 (1978–1998)

Texas Rangers 1978–1984; Milwaukee Brewers 1985; Houston Astros 1986; Milwaukee Brewers 1986; Houston Astros 1987–1990; Boston Red Sox 1991–1994; Texas Rangers 1995; Toronto Blue Jays 1995; Houston Astros 1996; Pittsburgh Pirates 1996; Chicago White Sox 1997; San Francisco Giants 1997–1998

Percentile snapshot

1996 season — qualified pitchers

48.1

32.1

SHO

160

95.1

92.6

100

6.2

87.7

164.7

1.2

ERA

3.77

67.9

WHIP

1.136

92.6

K/9

5.25

FIP

3.90

74.1

FIP-

93.0

61.7

ERA+

112.3

61.7

sWAR

2.7

53.1

of 82 qualified 1996 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

105.6

59.3

sWAR

37.4

97.6

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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1978	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
1980	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.7
1981	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2
1982	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1983	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9
1984	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.6
1985	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0
1986	39	18	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	-84.6	-64.7	.058	3.7
1987	35	69	66	2	12	2	1	0	4	2	40	1	.182	.206	.242	.448	15.8	21.1	.205	2.9
1988	44	60	56	3	4	2	0	1	7	1	22	0	.071	.086	.161	.247	-45.2	-29.1	.112	0.5
1989	68	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	.118	.111	.118	.229	-50.6	-33.3	.103	2.7
1990	52	43	38	5	5	1	1	0	3	2	21	0	.132	.175	.211	.386	0.8	7.1	.182	4.6
1991	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.9
1993	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.6
1994	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3
1995	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.8
1996	34	56	49	2	9	4	0	1	3	0	27	1	.184	.184	.327	.510	22.3	30.4	.220	2.7
1997	31	19	18	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	11	0	.111	.111	.167	.278	-43.7	-27.6	.122	1.5
1998	33	51	45	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	30	0	.089	.128	.111	.239	-44.1	-34.7	.116	-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
1978	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	4	1	8	0	8.7	4.15	1.385	8.31	1.05	28.0	90.4	0.0
1979	20	6	4	4	0	1	0	50	35	30	58	5	78.0	4.04	1.026	6.69	3.46	82.8	103.4	0.9
1980	53	2	13	4	8	0	0	98	32	50	104	4	109.7	2.63	1.350	8.53	2.76	69.7	150.7	2.7
1981	22	22	9	9	0	6	2	115	59	57	98	12	146.0	3.64	1.178	6.04	3.56	101.1	96.9	1.2
1982	56	1	10	8	7	0	0	95	34	37	61	6	89.0	3.44	1.483	6.17	3.51	89.7	113.8	1.4
1983	28	26	8	13	0	9	2	175	71	62	92	9	183.0	3.49	1.295	4.52	3.52	88.2	114.5	2.9
1984	35	32	8	12	0	5	1	249	98	54	123	19	223.7	3.94	1.355	4.95	3.53	86.1	103.9	2.6
1985	39	29	8	18	2	11	1	212	92	65	125	34	217.7	3.80	1.273	5.17	4.57	110.5	108.9	3.0
1986	39	22	11	10	0	6	1	170	65	44	120	16	184.7	3.17	1.159	5.85	3.37	81.7	129.3	3.7
1987	33	30	9	10	0	3	1	184	78	69	134	17	195.7	3.59	1.293	6.16	3.76	95.9	109.3	2.9
1988	44	20	8	13	3	3	0	189	82	48	129	20	192.0	3.84	1.234	6.05	3.58	107.3	86.7	0.5
1989	68	0	11	4	7	0	0	92	32	33	104	8	122.0	2.36	1.025	7.67	2.67	78.6	143.9	2.7
1990	48	17	11	4	2	3	0	136	40	31	109	11	162.7	2.21	1.027	6.03	2.99	80.6	167.8	4.6
1991	12	12	3	6	0	0	0	71	39	15	42	15	68.0	5.16	1.265	5.56	5.38	126.6	82.4	0.0
1992	51	15	9	9	3	2	0	159	71	53	124	11	161.3	3.96	1.314	6.92	3.22	77.6	104.6	1.9
1993	34	34	15	11	0	2	1	196	83	49	130	31	229.3	3.26	1.068	5.10	4.31	94.5	139.9	5.6
1994	13	13	7	5	0	0	0	101	53	24	54	13	75.7	6.30	1.652	6.42	4.99	100.6	78.7	-0.3
1995	20	15	3	10	0	1	0	131	82	31	58	25	99.0	7.45	1.636	5.27	6.31	132.9	63.6	-1.8
1996	34	25	10	11	0	0	0	160	69	27	96	16	164.7	3.77	1.136	5.25	3.90	93.0	112.3	2.7
1997	31	24	5	11	0	1	0	181	76	45	92	26	157.3	4.35	1.436	5.26	5.00	114.9	99.9	1.5
1998	33	25	8	10	0	0	0	176	91	49	81	23	148.7	5.51	1.513	4.90	5.04	124.7	73.4	-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

722

334

305

RBI

171

.1279

OBP

.1465

SLG

.1967

OPS

.3432

Pitching

G (P)

716

107th-most career G (P)

371

181st-most career GS

171

188th-most career W

182

68th-most career L

SHO

3,017

137th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,942

105th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

874

181st-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.837

WHIP

1.2680

420th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.79

418th-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

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1987-05-05	HOU @ PHI Gameday	3	1	3	1	1	0	2	6
1996-05-29	HOU @ PIT Gameday	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	6
1988-09-15	HOU @ CIN Gameday	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	4
1996-04-22	PIT @ PHI Gameday	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	3
1996-06-09	PIT @ SD Gameday	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	3

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1990-07-25	HOU @ ATL Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	1	10	0
1993-09-24	MIN @ BOS Gameday	7.2	6	4	3	1	10	1
1980-05-22	LAA @ TEX Gameday	6.1	6	0	0	2	10	0
1981-06-07	TOR @ TEX Gameday	9.0	4	0	0	4	9	0
1984-08-28	TEX @ KC Gameday	9.0	8	0	0	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.