Walt Terrell
New York Mets 1982–1984; Detroit Tigers 1985–1988; New York Yankees 1989; San Diego Padres 1989; Detroit Tigers 1990; Pittsburgh Pirates 1990; Detroit Tigers 1991–1992
Percentile snapshot
1991 season — qualified pitchers
of 79 qualified 1991 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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 | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 130.6 | 125.5 | .373 | 0.3 |
| 1983 | 21 | 48 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .200 | .409 | .609 | 58.1 | 65.6 | .270 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 33 | 77 | 75 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .092 | .107 | .199 | -60.0 | -43.6 | .094 | 1.8 |
| 1985 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.9 |
| 1986 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 |
| 1987 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.1 |
| 1988 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8 |
| 1989 | 32 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .163 | .150 | .313 | -15.3 | -9.6 | .157 | -0.1 |
| 1990 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .138 | .107 | .245 | -39.4 | -30.1 | .121 | -1.2 |
| 1991 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 |
| 1992 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.6 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 21.0 | 3.43 | 1.714 | 3.43 | 5.22 | 144.9 | 105.2 | 0.3 |
| 1983 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 123 | 53 | 55 | 59 | 7 | 133.7 | 3.57 | 1.332 | 3.97 | 3.75 | 103.6 | 101.5 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 232 | 84 | 80 | 114 | 16 | 215.0 | 3.52 | 1.451 | 4.77 | 3.87 | 109.6 | 100.5 | 1.8 |
| 1985 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 221 | 98 | 95 | 130 | 9 | 229.0 | 3.85 | 1.380 | 5.11 | 3.41 | 83.6 | 106.0 | 2.9 |
| 1986 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 199 | 110 | 98 | 93 | 30 | 217.3 | 4.56 | 1.367 | 3.85 | 5.13 | 124.1 | 90.7 | 1.1 |
| 1987 | 35 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 254 | 110 | 94 | 143 | 30 | 244.7 | 4.05 | 1.422 | 5.26 | 4.49 | 104.7 | 106.0 | 3.1 |
| 1988 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 199 | 91 | 78 | 84 | 20 | 206.3 | 3.97 | 1.342 | 3.66 | 4.43 | 114.9 | 97.1 | 1.8 |
| 1989 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 236 | 103 | 50 | 93 | 23 | 206.3 | 4.49 | 1.386 | 4.06 | 4.04 | 110.5 | 81.2 | -0.1 |
| 1990 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 92 | 57 | 64 | 20 | 158.0 | 5.24 | 1.525 | 3.65 | 4.95 | 130.6 | 72.8 | -1.2 |
| 1991 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 257 | 103 | 79 | 80 | 16 | 218.7 | 4.24 | 1.537 | 3.29 | 4.24 | 101.5 | 98.5 | 2.0 |
| 1992 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 79 | 48 | 61 | 14 | 136.7 | 5.20 | 1.544 | 4.02 | 4.35 | 109.0 | 76.7 | -0.6 |
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
Pitching
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 | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-08-06 | NYM @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1983-08-23 | NYM @ SD Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1984-06-05 | NYM @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1989-06-07 | SD @ HOU Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1989-04-08 | SD @ HOU Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-05-01 | DET @ ATH Gameday | 10.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 1985-07-31 | KC @ DET Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 1986-07-22 | MIN @ DET Gameday | 8.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987-05-06 | SEA @ DET Gameday | 7.1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 1987-08-24 | DET @ MIN Gameday | 6.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 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.