Mark Langston

HandednessBats Right · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 177 lb

BornAugust 20, 1960 · San Diego, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 7, 1984

Final gameSeptember 24, 1999

Seasons16 (1984–1999)

Seattle Mariners 1984–1988; Montreal Expos 1989; Seattle Mariners 1989; California Angels 1990–1996; Anaheim Angels 1997; San Diego Padres 1998; Cleveland Indians 1999

Percentile snapshot

1995 season — qualified pitchers

62.2

75.7

78.4

74.3

SHO

37.8

212

9.5

103

9.5

48.6

142

68.9

200.3

74.3

ERA

4.63

20.3

WHIP

1.378

41.9

K/9

6.38

52.7

FIP

4.09

54.1

FIP-

87.3

ERA+

101.3

32.4

sWAR

2.1

35.1

of 75 qualified 1995 pitchers (min 145 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

107.2

65.3

sWAR

39.0

97.8

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1984	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.7
1985	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6
1986	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
1987	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.2
1988	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0
1989	34	66	64	4	11	2	3	0	26	.172	.169	.203	.372	-7.2	6.2	.170	5.3
1990	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
1991	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.5
1992	33	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-126.2	-100.0	.000	3.0
1993	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.2
1994	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1995	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1996	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1997	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2
1998	23	30	24	0	2	1	2	2	9	.083	.154	.125	.279	-26.7	-22.9	.141	-1.0
1999	25	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162.1	153.3	.451	0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1984	35	33	17	10	5	2	188	85	118	204	16	225.0	3.40	1.360	8.16	3.54	89.0	116.9	3.7
1985	24	24	7	14	2	0	122	77	91	72	22	126.7	5.47	1.682	5.12	6.07	144.6	76.7	-0.6
1986	37	36	12	14	9	0	234	129	123	245	30	239.3	4.85	1.492	9.21	3.97	93.8	87.2	0.7
1987	35	35	19	13	14	3	242	116	114	262	30	272.0	3.84	1.309	8.67	3.69	79.0	121.8	5.2
1988	35	35	15	11	9	3	222	97	110	235	32	261.3	3.34	1.270	8.09	3.91	94.7	123.6	5.0
1989	34	34	16	14	8	5	198	76	112	235	16	250.0	2.74	1.240	8.46	3.06	84.4	133.7	5.3
1990	33	33	10	17	5	1	215	109	104	195	13	223.0	4.40	1.430	7.87	3.28	85.8	87.0	0.7
1991	34	34	19	8	7	0	190	82	96	183	30	246.3	3.00	1.161	6.69	4.20	103.1	136.0	5.5
1992	32	32	13	14	9	2	206	93	74	174	14	229.0	3.66	1.223	6.84	3.11	78.8	108.1	3.0
1993	35	35	16	11	7	0	220	91	85	196	22	256.3	3.20	1.190	6.88	3.59	80.4	139.9	6.2
1994	18	18	7	8	2	1	121	62	54	109	19	119.3	4.68	1.466	8.22	4.80	98.7	104.0	1.4
1995	31	31	15	7	2	1	212	103	64	142	21	200.3	4.63	1.378	6.38	4.09	87.3	101.3	2.1
1996	18	18	6	5	2	0	116	66	45	83	18	123.3	4.82	1.305	6.06	4.94	98.9	103.8	1.4
1997	9	9	2	4	0	0	61	31	29	30	8	47.7	5.85	1.888	5.66	5.89	129.4	77.8	-0.2
1998	22	16	4	6	0	0	107	53	41	56	11	81.3	5.86	1.820	6.20	5.00	125.2	68.0	-1.0
1999	25	5	1	2	0	0	69	36	29	43	9	61.7	5.25	1.589	6.28	5.12	101.7	95.7	0.5

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

459

100

RBI

.1522

OBP

.1684

SLG

.1848

OPS

.3532

Pitching

G (P)

457

428

104th-most career GS

179

168th-most career W

158

130th-most career L

SHO

292nd-most career SHO

2,963

147th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,464

44th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,289

36th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.967

WHIP

1.3542

K/9

7.49

143rd-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	RBI	BB	TB
1989-07-09	WSH @ HOU Gameday	3	0	2	1	2	0	3
1989-06-18	CHC @ WSH Gameday	2	2	2	1	0	0	3
1998-04-03	SD @ STL Gameday	2	0	1	1	2	1	2
1989-05-28	WSH @ SD Gameday	4	1	1	0	1	0	1
1989-06-02	WSH @ PHI Gameday	3	0	1	0	0	0	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1988-05-10	SEA @ TOR Gameday	9.0	8	2	2	0	16	1
1986-06-25	CLE @ SEA Gameday	9.0	3	1	0	5	15	0
1986-08-19	SEA @ NYY Gameday	9.0	5	3	3	2	14	1
1986-09-17	CWS @ SEA Gameday	9.0	9	3	3	1	14	1
1987-05-24	TOR @ SEA Gameday	9.0	4	2	2	3	14	1

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

7× Gold Glove4× 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.