Roger Clemens

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 205 lb

BornAugust 4, 1962 · Dayton, OH, USA

MLB debutMay 15, 1984

Final gameSeptember 16, 2007

Seasons24 (1984–2007)

Boston Red Sox 1984–1996; Toronto Blue Jays 1997–1998; New York Yankees 1999–2003; Houston Astros 2004–2006; New York Yankees 2007

Percentile snapshot

2005 season — qualified pitchers

32.6

39.1

44.6

68.5

23.9

SHO

151

98.9

100

31.5

185

85.9

98.9

211.3

68.5

ERA

1.87

100

WHIP

1.008

97.8

K/9

7.88

82.6

FIP

2.84

98.9

FIP-

67.3

98.9

ERA+

225.2

100

sWAR

8.1

100

of 93 qualified 2005 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

141.8

98.7

sWAR

119.9

99.9

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	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.1
1985	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1986	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.4
1987	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.5
1988	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.2
1989	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.4
1990	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.0
1991	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.7
1992	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.5
1993	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1994	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.4
1995	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4
1996	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	441.3	406.4	.902	5.9
1997	34	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	315.5	329.5	.669	9.7
1998	33	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-25.4	-41.1	.147	7.3
1999	30	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-117.5	-100.0	.000	2.0
2000	32	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-116.5	-100.0	.000	4.3
2001	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-119.7	-100.0	.000	4.4
2002	29	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	.667	.500	1.000	1.500	239.8	290.1	.539	1.9
2003	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-117.9	-100.0	.000	3.2
2004	33	78	72	1	12	1	7	3	24	.167	.200	.181	.381	-9.4	-0.1	.178	5.3
2005	32	69	58	2	12	2	4	5	18	.207	.281	.241	.523	39.3	39.6	.250	8.1
2006	19	38	27	0	2	1	0	3	11	.074	.194	.111	.305	-16.1	-17.8	.164	3.7
2007	18	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	174.1	165.9	.452	1.4

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1984	21	20	9	4	5	1	146	64	29	126	13	133.3	4.32	1.313	8.51	2.82	68.1	96.0	1.1
1985	15	15	7	5	3	1	83	36	37	74	5	98.3	3.29	1.220	6.77	3.12	73.0	129.6	2.1
1986	33	33	24	4	10	1	179	70	67	238	21	254.0	2.48	.969	8.43	2.83	67.7	168.7	7.4
1987	36	36	20	9	18	7	248	93	83	256	19	281.7	2.97	1.175	8.18	2.91	64.2	152.8	7.5
1988	35	35	18	12	14	8	217	86	62	291	17	264.0	2.93	1.057	9.92	2.23	54.2	140.0	6.2
1989	35	35	17	11	8	3	215	88	93	230	20	253.3	3.13	1.216	8.17	3.26	79.8	130.5	5.4
1990	31	31	21	6	7	4	193	49	54	209	7	228.3	1.93	1.082	8.24	2.18	53.6	210.1	8.0
1991	35	35	18	10	13	4	219	79	65	241	15	271.3	2.62	1.047	7.99	2.63	61.8	162.2	7.7
1992	32	32	18	11	11	5	203	66	62	208	11	246.7	2.41	1.074	7.59	2.55	61.5	172.1	7.5
1993	29	29	11	14	2	1	175	95	67	160	17	191.7	4.46	1.263	7.51	3.71	81.3	102.2	2.1
1994	24	24	9	7	3	1	124	54	71	168	15	170.7	2.85	1.143	8.86	3.69	74.3	174.3	5.4
1995	23	23	10	5	0	0	141	65	60	132	15	140.0	4.18	1.436	8.49	4.23	87.5	115.8	2.4
1996	34	34	10	13	6	2	216	98	106	257	19	242.7	3.63	1.327	9.53	3.51	69.1	139.6	5.9
1997	34	34	21	7	9	3	204	60	68	292	9	264.0	2.05	1.030	9.95	2.29	50.2	222.8	9.7
1998	33	33	20	6	5	3	169	69	88	271	11	234.7	2.65	1.095	10.39	2.74	59.0	175.2	7.3
1999	30	30	14	10	1	1	185	96	90	163	20	187.7	4.60	1.465	7.82	4.43	94.3	102.2	2.0
2000	32	32	13	8	1	0	184	84	84	188	26	204.3	3.70	1.312	8.28	4.42	92.4	129.3	4.3
2001	33	33	20	3	0	0	205	86	72	213	19	220.3	3.51	1.257	8.70	3.33	75.3	126.1	4.4
2002	29	29	13	6	0	0	172	87	63	192	18	180.0	4.35	1.306	9.60	3.39	77.6	100.5	1.9
2003	33	33	17	9	1	1	199	92	58	190	24	211.7	3.91	1.214	8.08	3.67	82.9	113.1	3.2
2004	33	33	18	4	0	0	169	71	79	218	15	214.3	2.98	1.157	9.15	3.02	69.9	144.9	5.3
2005	32	32	13	8	1	0	151	44	62	185	11	211.3	1.87	1.008	7.88	2.84	67.3	225.2	8.1
2006	19	19	7	6	0	0	89	29	29	102	7	113.3	2.30	1.041	8.10	2.99	67.5	192.0	3.7
2007	18	17	6	6	0	0	99	46	31	68	9	99.0	4.18	1.313	6.18	4.21	93.3	107.8	1.4

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

709

213

179

RBI

.1732

OBP

.2359

SLG

.2067

OPS

.4426

Pitching

G (P)

709

111th-most career G (P)

707

7th-most career GS

354

9th-most career W

184

63rd-most career L

118

336th-most career CG

SHO

26th-most career SHO

4,917

16th-most career IP

SO (P)

4,672

3rd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,580

9th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.125

221st-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1725

110th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

8.55

60th-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
2005-07-03	HOU @ CIN Gameday	3	1	2	1	1	0	3
2004-08-08	WSH @ HOU Gameday	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
2005-04-29	CHC @ HOU Gameday	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
2005-08-13	PIT @ HOU Gameday	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
1997-09-02	TOR @ NYM Gameday	2	1	1	1	0	1	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1986-04-29	SEA @ BOS Gameday	9.0	3	1	1	0	20	1
1996-09-18	BOS @ DET Gameday	9.0	5	0	0	0	20	0
1998-08-25	KC @ TOR Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	0	18	0
1988-05-09	BOS @ KC Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	1	16	0
1988-07-15	KC @ BOS Gameday	9.0	5	1	0	1	16	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.

Honors

7× Cy Young Award2× Pitching Triple Crown1× All-Star Game MVP1× Most Valuable Player11× 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.