Danny Darwin

Born: 10/25/1955 in Bonham, TX, USA

MLB Debut: 1978-09-08 | Final Game: 1998-09-22

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'3" | Weight: 185 lbs

Full name: Danny Wayne Darwin

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Biography

Danny Darwin, born in 1955, was a professional baseball pitcher whose career spanned from 1978 to 1998. Over two decades, he established himself as a reliable arm in Major League Baseball, finishing his career with a record of 171 wins and 182 losses, alongside an earned run average (ERA) of 3.84. Known for his durability and competitive nature, Darwin struck out a total of 1,942 batters throughout his tenure, and he recorded 32 saves, showcasing his versatility as both a starter and a reliever. Darwin played during a transformative era in baseball, navigating the game through significant changes in pitching strategy and player conditioning. His ability to adapt to the evolving landscape of the sport contributed to his longevity and effectiveness on the mound. As teams increasingly relied on specialized roles, Darwin's experience and skill made him a valuable asset, allowing him to contribute to various rotations and bullpens throughout his career. His impact on the game is remembered not only through his statistics but also through the resilience and professionalism he displayed on and off the field.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
171	182	716	371	53	9	32	3016.7	2951	1286	321	874	1942	3.84	0

Career ERA 3.84 vs. league average 4.02 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1978	TEX	AL	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	8.7	11	4	1	8	4.15	—	0.0
1979	TEX	AL	4	4	20	6	1	0	0	78.0	50	35	30	58	4.04	4.00 (-1%)	1144.3
1980	TEX	AL	13	4	53	2	0	0	8	109.7	98	32	50	104	2.63	3.84 (+32%)	3054.3
1981	TEX	AL	9	9	22	22	6	2	0	146.0	115	59	57	98	3.64	3.58 (-1%)	-140.2
1982	TEX	AL	10	8	56	1	0	0	7	89.0	95	34	37	61	3.44	3.86 (+11%)	738.9
1983	TEX	AL	8	13	28	26	9	2	0	183.0	175	71	62	92	3.49	3.87 (+10%)	1983.7
1984	TEX	AL	8	12	35	32	5	1	0	223.7	249	98	54	123	3.94	3.81 (-3%)	1522.9
1985	ATL	AL	8	18	39	29	11	1	2	217.7	212	92	65	125	3.80	3.89 (+2%)	-
1986	ATL	AL	6	8	27	14	5	1	0	130.3	120	51	35	80	3.52	3.97 (+11%)	-
1986	HOU	NL	5	2	12	8	1	0	0	54.3	50	14	9	40	2.32	3.97 (+42%)	2004.2
1987	HOU	NL	9	10	33	30	3	1	0	195.7	184	78	69	134	3.59	4.29 (+16%)	2687.3
1988	HOU	NL	8	13	44	20	3	0	3	192.0	189	82	48	129	3.84	3.73 (-3%)	473.3
1989	HOU	NL	11	4	68	0	0	0	7	122.0	92	32	33	104	2.36	3.71 (+36%)	2936.7
1990	HOU	NL	11	4	48	17	3	0	2	162.7	136	40	31	109	2.21	3.86 (+43%)	3650.4
1991	BOS	AL	3	6	12	12	0	0	0	68.0	71	39	15	42	5.16	3.91 (-32%)	-2439.3
1992	BOS	AL	9	9	51	15	2	0	3	161.3	159	71	53	124	3.96	3.75 (-6%)	2227.9
1993	BOS	AL	15	11	34	34	2	1	0	229.3	196	83	49	130	3.26	4.19 (+22%)	-609.5
1994	BOS	AL	7	5	13	13	0	0	0	75.7	101	53	24	54	6.30	4.51 (-40%)	-800.6
1995	TOR	AL	1	8	13	11	1	0	0	65.0	91	55	24	36	7.62	4.45 (-71%)	-2290.1
1995	TEX	AL	2	2	7	4	0	0	0	34.0	40	27	7	22	7.15	4.45 (-61%)	-2270.1
1996	PIT	NL	7	9	19	19	0	0	0	122.3	117	41	16	69	3.02	4.61 (+35%)	3359.5
1996	HOU	NL	3	2	15	6	0	0	0	42.3	43	28	11	27	5.95	4.61 (-29%)	-682.6
1997	CHW	AL	4	8	21	17	1	0	0	113.3	130	52	31	62	4.13	4.39 (+6%)	-
1997	SFG	NL	1	3	10	7	0	0	0	44.0	51	24	14	30	4.91	4.39 (-12%)	-
1998	SFG	NL	8	10	33	25	0	0	0	148.7	176	91	49	81	5.51	4.43 (-24%)	-

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
722	305	15	39	11	2	2	22	2	6	171	0.128	0.146	0.197	0.343	-1096.6

Career AVG .128 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 51.1% below league average.

Career OBP .146 vs. league average .328 across their career seasons — 55.3% below league average.

Career SLG .197 vs. league average .396 across their career seasons — 50.3% below league average.

Career OPS 0.343 vs. league average 0.724 across their career seasons — 52.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1978	TEX	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	TEX	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	TEX	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	TEX	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	TEX	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	TEX	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	ATL	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	ATL	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	HOU	NL	12	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	HOU	NL	35	66	2	12	2	1	0	4	1	2	40	0.182	.262 (-31%)	.331 (-38%)	.415 (-42%)	.746 (-40%)	-469.7
1988	HOU	NL	44	56	3	4	2	0	1	7	0	1	22	0.071	.254 (-72%)	.317 (-73%)	.377 (-57%)	.695 (-65%)	-626.9
1989	HOU	NL	68	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0.118	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	HOU	NL	52	38	5	5	1	1	0	3	0	2	21	0.132	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	BOS	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	BOS	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	BOS	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	BOS	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	TOR	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	TEX	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	PIT	NL	19	39	2	8	4	0	1	3	0	0	19	0.205	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	HOU	NL	15	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	CHW	AL	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	SFG	NL	10	15	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	0.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	SFG	NL	33	45	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	30	0.089	—	—	—	—	0.0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	716	371	184	364	27	26

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1978	TEX	P	3	1	0	0	0	0
1979	TEX	P	20	6	2	6	0	0
1980	TEX	P	53	2	7	11	0	1
1981	TEX	P	22	22	8	16	2	3
1982	TEX	P	56	1	5	19	0	0
1983	TEX	P	28	26	20	18	3	1
1984	TEX	P	35	32	13	21	3	2
1985	ML4	P	39	29	15	16	2	1
1986	ML4	P	27	14	6	22	3	2
1986	HOU	P	12	8	4	5	0	0
1987	HOU	P	33	30	10	22	2	0
1988	HOU	P	44	20	14	37	1	2
1989	HOU	P	68	0	2	12	2	2
1990	HOU	P	48	17	11	15	1	1
1991	BOS	P	12	12	6	9	0	0
1992	BOS	P	51	15	9	13	1	2
1993	BOS	P	34	34	14	31	2	2
1994	BOS	P	13	13	5	8	0	0
1995	TOR	P	13	11	3	4	2	0
1995	TEX	P	7	4	0	3	0	1
1996	PIT	P	19	19	11	21	0	3
1996	HOU	P	15	6	1	4	1	0
1997	CHA	P	21	17	6	20	0	1
1997	SFN	P	10	7	2	7	0	1
1998	SFN	P	33	25	10	24	2	1

Career Games by Position

Position	Games
Pitcher	716

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1996	Player of the Week	Week of 1996-06-08
1993	Pitcher of the Month	May
1990	Pitcher of the Month	July
1981	Player of the Week	Week of 1981-06-05

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
1998	SFN	NL	$710,000
1997	CHA	AL	$475,000
1996	PIT	NL	$550,000
1995	TEX	AL	$109,000
1995	TOR	AL	$300,000
1994	BOS	AL	$2,650,000
1993	BOS	AL	$2,750,000
1992	BOS	AL	$3,350,000
1991	BOS	AL	$3,250,000
1990	HOU	NL	$1,200,000
1989	HOU	NL	$855,000
1988	HOU	NL	$760,000
1987	HOU	NL	$740,000
1986	ML4	AL	$610,000
1985	ML4	AL	$565,000
Total Career Earnings			$18,874,000