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Mark Gubicza

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 6 in · 215 lb

BornAugust 14, 1962 · Philadelphia, PA, USA

MLB debutApril 6, 1984

Final gameApril 11, 1997

Seasons14 (1984–1997)

Kansas City Royals 1984–1996; Anaheim Angels 1997

Percentile snapshot

1995 season — qualified pitchers

90.5

100

51.4

2.7

52.7

SHO

75.7

222

4.1

37.8

52.7

4.1

213.3

94.6

ERA

3.75

62.2

WHIP

1.331

K/9

3.42

FIP

4.62

20.3

FIP-

98.0

39.2

ERA+

125.5

74.3

sWAR

4.3

86.5

of 75 qualified 1995 pitchers (min 144 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

107.7

66.5

sWAR

29.7

96.4

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
1984	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1985	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.9
1986	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0
1987	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.8
1988	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.7
1989	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0
1990	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2
1991	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.1
1992	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
1993	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
1994	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1995	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.3
1996	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0
1997	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1984	29	29	10	14	0	4	2	172	85	75	111	13	189.0	4.05	1.307	5.29	3.74	93.3	98.9	1.8
1985	29	28	14	10	0	0	0	160	80	77	99	14	177.3	4.06	1.336	5.02	4.04	97.8	101.7	1.9
1986	35	24	12	6	0	3	2	155	73	84	118	8	180.7	3.64	1.323	5.88	3.54	84.0	115.8	3.0
1987	35	35	13	18	0	10	2	231	107	120	166	18	241.7	3.98	1.452	6.18	4.03	89.1	113.5	3.8
1988	35	35	20	8	0	8	4	237	81	83	183	11	269.7	2.70	1.187	6.11	2.98	75.1	146.9	6.7
1989	36	36	15	11	0	8	2	252	86	63	173	10	255.0	3.04	1.235	6.11	2.80	72.7	127.1	5.0
1990	16	16	4	7	0	2	0	101	47	38	71	5	94.0	4.50	1.479	6.80	3.33	86.3	85.7	0.2
1991	26	26	9	12	0	0	0	168	84	42	89	10	133.0	5.68	1.579	6.02	3.63	88.3	72.3	-1.1
1992	18	18	7	6	0	2	1	110	46	36	81	8	111.3	3.72	1.311	6.55	3.27	81.3	108.0	1.5
1993	49	6	5	8	2	0	0	128	54	43	80	2	104.3	4.66	1.639	6.90	3.01	66.9	96.6	0.9
1994	22	22	7	9	0	0	0	158	65	26	59	11	130.0	4.50	1.415	4.08	3.99	81.3	109.0	1.8
1995	33	33	12	14	0	3	2	222	89	62	81	21	213.3	3.75	1.331	3.42	4.62	98.0	125.5	4.3
1996	19	19	4	12	0	2	1	132	68	34	55	22	119.3	5.13	1.391	4.15	5.75	115.5	97.1	1.0
1997	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	13	13	3	5	2	4.7	25.07	3.429	9.64	8.50	186.7	18.2	-1.0

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

384

RBI

Pitching

G (P)

384

329

267th-most career GS

132

360th-most career W

136

238th-most career L

SHO

354th-most career SHO

2,223

340th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,371

298th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

786

268th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.959

WHIP

1.3606

K/9

5.55

489th-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

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1988-08-27	MIN @ KC Gameday	9.0	6	1	1	3	14
1987-09-23	KC @ SEA Gameday	9.0	5	0	0	4	11
1986-08-17	NYY @ KC Gameday	9.0	6	0	0	0	10
1987-06-23	KC @ ATH Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	4	10
1988-09-26	SEA @ KC Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	1	10

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.