Danny Darwin

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: October 25, 1955 in Bonham, TX us

High School: Bonham HS (Bonham, TX)

School: Grayson College (Denison, TX)

Debut: September 8, 1978 (Age 22-318d, 14,116th in major league history)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 22, 1998 (Age 42-332d)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Danny Wayne Darwin

Nicknames: Bonham Bullet or Dr. Death

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Relatives: Brother of Jeff Darwin

ERA Title

+12

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

39.8

171

182

ERA

3.84

716

371

3016.2

1942

WHIP

1.268

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1976	20	TEX-min	A	6	3	.667	3.62	16	16		6	1	0	102.0	96	54	41	8	48	0	76	8	5	8				1.412	8.5	0.7	4.2	6.7	1.58	AVL WCRS
1977	21	TEX-min	AA	13	4	.765	2.51	23	23		6	4	0	154.0	130	53	43	6	72	1	129	8	1	7				1.312	7.6	0.4	4.2	7.5	1.79	TUL TL
1978	22	TEX-min	AAA	8	9	.471	6.26	23	23		4	0	0	125.0	147	100	87	7	83	0	126	6	0	8				1.840	10.6	0.5	6.0	9.1	1.52	TUC PCL
1978	22	TEX	AL	1	0	1.000	4.15	3	1	2	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	4	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	36	94	1.09	1.385	11.4	0.0	1.0	8.3	8.00
1979	23	TEX-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.60	13	13		4	1	0	95.0	89	43	38	1	42	2	65	6	1	5				1.379	8.4	0.1	4.0	6.2	1.55	TUC PCL
1979	23	TEX	AL	4	4	.500	4.04	20	6	4	1	0	0	78.0	50	36	35	5	30	2	58	5	1	0	313	103	3.42	1.026	5.8	0.6	3.5	6.7	1.93
1980	24	TEX	AL	13	4	.765	2.63	53	2	35	0	0	8	109.2	98	37	32	4	50	7	104	2	0	3	468	148	2.75	1.350	8.0	0.3	4.1	8.5	2.08
1981	25	TEX	AL	9	9	.500	3.64	22	22	0	6	2	0	146.0	115	67	59	12	57	5	98	6	0	1	601	95	3.62	1.178	7.1	0.7	3.5	6.0	1.72
1982	26	TEX	AL	10	8	.556	3.44	56	1	41	0	0	7	89.0	95	38	34	6	37	8	61	2	1	2	394	113	3.54	1.483	9.6	0.6	3.7	6.2	1.65
1983	27	TEX	AL	8	13	.381	3.49	28	26	0	9	2	0	183.0	175	86	71	9	62	3	92	3	0	2	780	115	3.45	1.295	8.6	0.4	3.0	4.5	1.48
1984	28	TEX	AL	8	12	.400	3.94	35	32	2	5	1	0	223.2	249	110	98	19	54	2	123	4	0	3	955	105	3.55	1.355	10.0	0.8	2.2	4.9	2.28
1985	29	MIL	AL	8	18	.308	3.80	39	29	8	11	1	2	217.2	212	112	92	34	65	4	125	4	0	6	919	109	4.52	1.273	8.8	1.4	2.7	5.2	1.92
1986	30	TOT	MLB	11	10	.524	3.17	39	22	6	6	1	0	184.2	170	81	65	16	44	1	120	3	1	7	759	131	3.36	1.159	8.3	0.8	2.1	5.8	2.73
1986	30	MIL	AL	6	8	.429	3.52	27	14	4	5	1	0	130.1	120	62	51	13	35	1	80	3	0	5	537	124	3.71	1.189	8.3	0.9	2.4	5.5	2.29
1986	30	HOU	NL	5	2	.714	2.32	12	8	2	1	0	0	54.1	50	19	14	3	9	0	40	0	1	2	222	155	2.51	1.086	8.3	0.5	1.5	6.6	4.44
1987	31	HOU	NL	9	10	.474	3.59	33	30	0	3	1	0	195.2	184	87	78	17	69	12	134	5	1	3	833	110	3.77	1.293	8.5	0.8	3.2	6.2	1.94
1988	32	HOU	NL	8	13	.381	3.84	44	20	9	3	0	3	192.0	189	86	82	20	48	9	129	7	2	1	804	86	3.64	1.234	8.9	0.9	2.3	6.0	2.69
1989	33	HOU	NL	11	4	.733	2.36	68	0	26	0	0	7	122.0	92	34	32	8	33	9	104	2	3	2	482	144	2.77	1.025	6.8	0.6	2.4	7.7	3.15
1990	34	HOU	NL	11	4	.733	2.21	48	17	14	3	0	2	162.2	136	42	40	11	31	4	109	4	2	0	646	169	2.99	*1.027*	7.5	0.6	*1.7*	6.0	3.52
1991	35	BOS	AL	3	6	.333	5.16	12	12	0	0	0	0	68.0	71	39	39	15	15	1	42	4	0	2	292	84	5.33	1.265	9.4	2.0	2.0	5.6	2.80
1992	36	BOS	AL	9	9	.500	3.96	51	15	21	2	0	3	161.1	159	76	71	11	53	9	124	5	0	5	688	106	3.21	1.314	8.9	0.6	3.0	6.9	2.34
1993	37	BOS	AL	15	11	.577	3.26	34	34	0	2	1	0	229.1	196	93	83	31	49	8	130	3	1	5	919	143	4.29	1.068	7.7	1.2	1.9	5.1	2.65
1994	38	BOS	AL	7	5	.583	6.30	13	13	0	0	0	0	75.2	101	54	53	13	24	6	54	1	0	0	350	80	4.93	1.652	12.0	1.5	2.9	6.4	2.25
1995	39	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	10			0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	12.0		OKC AA
1995	39	TOT	AL	3	10	.231	7.45	20	15	0	1	0	0	99.0	131	87	82	25	31	3	58	4	0	2	448	64	6.27	1.636	11.9	2.3	2.8	5.3	1.87
1995	39	TOR	AL	1	8	.111	7.62	13	11	0	1	0	0	65.0	91	60	55	13	24	2	36	3	0	1	303	62	5.84	1.769	12.6	1.8	3.3	5.0	1.50
1995	39	TEX	AL	2	2	.500	7.15	7	4	0	0	0	0	34.0	40	27	27	12	7	1	22	1	0	1	145	69	7.10	1.382	10.6	3.2	1.9	5.8	3.14
1996	40	TOT	NL	10	11	.476	3.77	34	25	1	0	0	0	164.2	160	79	69	16	27	3	96	12	3	3	677	113	3.98	1.136	8.7	0.9	1.5	5.2	3.56
1996	40	PIT	NL	7	9	.438	3.02	19	19	0	0	0	0	122.1	117	48	41	9	16	0	69	6	3	3	493	146	3.54	1.087	8.6	0.7	1.2	5.1	4.31
1996	40	HOU	NL	3	2	.600	5.95	15	6	1	0	0	0	42.1	43	31	28	7	11	3	27	6	0	0	184	65	5.25	1.276	9.1	1.5	2.3	5.7	2.45
1997	41	TOT	MLB	5	11	.313	4.35	31	24	0	1	0	0	157.1	181	86	76	26	45	1	92	2	2	1	692	100	4.98	1.436	10.4	1.5	2.6	5.3	2.04
1997	41	CHW	AL	4	8	.333	4.13	21	17	0	1	0	0	113.1	130	60	52	21	31	1	62	1	2	1	496	107	5.27	1.421	10.3	1.7	2.5	4.9	2.00
1997	41	SFG	NL	1	3	.250	4.91	10	7	0	0	0	0	44.0	51	26	24	5	14	0	30	1	0	0	196	85	4.25	1.477	10.4	1.0	2.9	6.1	2.14
1998	42	SFG	NL	8	10	.444	5.51	33	25	2	0	0	0	148.2	176	97	91	23	49	4	81	3	0	4	660	73	5.11	1.513	10.7	1.4	3.0	4.9	1.65
21 Yrs				171	182	.484	3.84	716	371	171	53	9	32	3016.2	2951	1431	1286	321	874	101	1942	81	17	52	12716	106	3.90	1.268	8.8	1.0	2.6	5.8	2.22
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.484	3.84	45	23	11	3	1	2	189	185	90	80	20	55	6	121	5	1	3	795	106	3.90	1.268	8.8	1.0	2.6	5.8	2.22
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
TEX (8 yrs)				55	52	.514	3.72	224	94	84	21	5	15	872.0	833	405	360	67	298	28	566	23	2	12	3692	107	3.54	1.297	8.6	0.7	3.1	5.8	1.90
HOU (6 yrs)				47	35	.573	3.21	220	81	52	10	1	12	769.0	694	299	274	66	201	37	543	24	9	8	3171	113	3.41	1.164	8.1	0.8	2.4	6.4	2.70
BOS (4 yrs)				34	31	.523	4.14	110	74	21	4	1	3	534.1	527	262	246	70	141	24	350	13	1	12	2249	109	4.19	1.250	8.9	1.2	2.4	5.9	2.48
SFG (2 yrs)				9	13	.409	5.37	43	32	2	0	0	0	192.2	227	123	115	28	63	4	111	4	0	4	856	76	4.91	1.505	10.6	1.3	2.9	5.2	1.76
MIL (2 yrs)				14	26	.350	3.70	66	43	12	16	2	2	348.0	332	174	143	47	100	5	205	7	0	11	1456	114	4.22	1.241	8.6	1.2	2.6	5.3	2.05
PIT (1 yr)				7	9	.438	3.02	19	19	0	0	0	0	122.1	117	48	41	9	16	0	69	6	3	3	493	146	3.54	1.087	8.6	0.7	1.2	5.1	4.31
CHW (1 yr)				4	8	.333	4.13	21	17	0	1	0	0	113.1	130	60	52	21	31	1	62	1	2	1	496	107	5.27	1.421	10.3	1.7	2.5	4.9	2.00
TOR (1 yr)				1	8	.111	7.62	13	11	0	1	0	0	65.0	91	60	55	13	24	2	36	3	0	1	303	62	5.84	1.769	12.6	1.8	3.3	5.0	1.50

AL (15 yrs)				108	125	.464	3.99	434	239	117	43	8	20	1932.2	1913	961	856	218	594	60	1219	47	5	37	8196	106	4.02	1.297	8.9	1.0	2.8	5.7	2.05
NL (8 yrs)				63	57	.525	3.57	282	132	54	10	1	12	1084.0	1038	470	430	103	280	41	723	34	12	15	4520	106	3.69	1.216	8.6	0.9	2.3	6.0	2.58

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