Rheal Cormier

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 185 lb

BornApril 23, 1967 · Moncton, NB, CAN

MLB debutAugust 15, 1991

Final gameApril 18, 2007

Seasons16 (1991–2007)

St. Louis Cardinals 1991–1994; Boston Red Sox 1995; Montreal Expos 1996–1997; Boston Red Sox 1999–2000; Philadelphia Phillies 2001–2005; Cincinnati Reds 2006; Philadelphia Phillies 2006; Cincinnati Reds 2007

Percentile snapshot

1992 season — qualified pitchers

21.3

18.8

33.8

SHO

194

57.5

71.3

98.8

117

37.5

46.3

186.0

16.3

ERA

3.68

42.5

WHIP

1.220

K/9

5.66

56.3

FIP

3.18

68.8

FIP-

92.8

53.8

ERA+

93.1

32.5

sWAR

1.0

of 81 qualified 1992 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

104.6

55.6

sWAR

14.7

90.8

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	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1991	11	22	21	2	5	0	0	1	0	5	.238	.238	.238	.476	26.8	34.7	.220	0.4
1992	31	69	59	3	6	2	0	2	0	13	.102	.102	.136	.237	-54.6	-32.3	.108	1.0
1993	38	53	47	5	11	2	0	4	0	11	.234	.234	.277	.511	32.2	38.1	.230	1.0
1994	8	16	14	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	.286	.375	.286	.661	87.0	77.9	.319	0.0
1995	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1996	33	56	43	2	8	0	1	4	2	12	.186	.222	.233	.455	15.5	19.7	.211	1.9
1997	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
1999	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
2000	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0
2001	60	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.6	-100.0	.000	0.5
2002	54	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	153.2	130.2	.413	-0.2
2003	65	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	235.5	209.0	.546	3.5
2004	84	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-129.2	-100.0	.000	1.5
2005	57	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-134.8	-100.0	.000	-0.4
2006	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
2007	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1991	11	10	4	5	0	2	0	74	31	8	38	5	67.7	4.12	1.212	5.05	3.07	83.1	89.7	0.4
1992	31	30	10	10	0	3	0	194	76	33	117	15	186.0	3.68	1.220	5.66	3.18	92.8	93.1	1.0
1993	38	21	7	6	0	1	0	163	70	27	75	18	145.3	4.33	1.307	4.64	4.19	105.9	91.4	1.0
1994	7	7	3	2	0	0	0	40	24	7	26	6	39.7	5.45	1.185	5.90	4.48	108.0	76.1	0.0
1995	48	12	7	5	0	0	0	131	52	31	69	12	115.0	4.07	1.409	5.40	4.18	86.5	118.9	2.1
1996	33	27	7	10	0	1	1	165	74	41	100	16	159.7	4.17	1.290	5.64	4.08	95.2	102.8	1.9
1997	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	1	1.3	33.75	3.750	0.00	15.07	360.7	12.4	-0.4
1999	60	0	2	0	0	0	0	61	26	18	39	4	63.3	3.69	1.247	5.54	3.88	79.3	132.5	1.4
2000	64	0	3	3	0	0	0	74	35	17	43	7	68.3	4.61	1.332	5.66	4.04	80.5	109.0	1.0
2001	60	0	5	6	1	0	0	49	24	17	37	5	51.3	4.21	1.286	6.49	4.06	94.9	101.6	0.5
2002	54	0	5	6	0	0	0	61	35	32	49	6	60.0	5.25	1.550	7.35	4.34	109.6	75.5	-0.2
2003	65	0	8	0	1	0	0	54	16	25	67	4	84.7	1.70	.933	7.12	2.93	67.1	256.8	3.5
2004	84	0	4	5	0	0	0	70	32	26	46	7	81.0	3.56	1.185	5.11	4.09	94.3	122.0	1.5
2005	57	0	4	2	0	0	0	56	31	16	34	9	47.3	5.89	1.521	6.46	5.17	118.9	73.7	-0.4
2006	64	0	2	3	0	0	0	48	13	17	19	5	48.0	2.44	1.354	3.56	4.92	105.9	190.6	1.6
2007	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	1	3.0	9.00	1.667	3.00	8.84	191.8	51.2	-0.1

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

684

228

192

RBI

.1875

OBP

.2121

SLG

.2188

OPS

.4309

Pitching

G (P)

683

141st-most career G (P)

108

SHO

1,222

SO (P)

760

BB allowed

317

ERA

4.030

WHIP

1.2810

474th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.60

474th-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	RBI	TB
1996-07-29	COL @ WSH Gameday	2	0	2	0	1	2	4
1993-09-18	PIT @ STL Gameday	4	1	2	1	0	2	3
1992-04-26	WSH @ STL Gameday	2	0	2	1	0	0	3
1992-06-14	PHI @ STL Gameday	2	0	2	1	0	0	3
1991-08-25	LAD @ STL Gameday	2	1	2	0	0	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1992-07-10	STL @ LAD Gameday	7.0	5	1	0	1	11	0
1992-09-27	STL @ PHI Gameday	9.0	4	1	0	0	10	0
1996-04-22	STL @ WSH Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	0	9	0
1992-08-14	STL @ WSH Gameday	6.2	5	4	4	2	9	0
1996-07-07	NYM @ WSH Gameday	8.0	8	3	3	0	8	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.