David Cone

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: January 2, 1963 in Kansas City, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rockhurst HS (Kansas City, MO).

High School: Rockhurst HS (Kansas City, MO)

Last Game: May 28, 2003 (Age 40-146d)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Steve Fehr

Full Name: David Brian Cone

Nicknames: Coney

Twitter: @dcone36

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.3

194

126

ERA

3.46

450

419

2898.2

2668

WHIP

1.256

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1981	18	-2.2	Royals Blue	GULF	Rk	KCR	6	4	.600	2.55	3.22	14	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	52	24	19	0	33	1	45	3	3	8		1.269	7.0	0.0	4.4	6.0	1.36
1982	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A	KCR	16	3	.842	2.08	3.00	26	25	1	7	2	0	177.0	140	59	41	5	72	0	144	7	2	10		1.198	7.1	0.3	3.7	7.3	2.00
1982	19	-2.4	Charleston	SALL	A	KCR	9	2	.818	2.06	3.27	16	16	0	1	1	0	104.2	84	38	24	4	47	0	87	4	1	9		1.252	7.2	0.3	4.0	7.5	1.85
1982	19	-3.2	Fort Myers	FLOR	A	KCR	7	1	.875	2.12	2.61	10	9	1	6	1	0	72.1	56	21	17	1	25	0	57	3	1	1		1.120	7.0	0.1	3.1	7.1	2.28

1984	21	-2.6	Memphis	SOUL	AA	KCR	8	12	.400	4.28	5.19	29	29	0	9	1	0	178.2	162	103	85	9	114	1	110	5	4	27		1.545	8.2	0.5	5.7	5.5	0.96
1985	22	-4.4	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	9	15	.375	4.65	5.11	28	27	0	5	1	0	158.2	157	90	82	13	93	3	115	2	4	7		1.576	8.9	0.7	5.3	6.5	1.24
1986	23	-3.5	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	8	4	.667	2.79	2.92	39	2	33	2	0	14	71.0	60	23	22	3	25	4	63	3	1	6		1.197	7.6	0.4	3.2	8.0	2.52
1986	23	-5.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	0		5.56	5.56	11	0	5	0	0	0	22.2	29	14	14	2	13	1	21	1	0	3	108	1.853	11.5	0.8	5.2	8.3	1.62
1987	24	-2.3	Tidewater	IL	AAA	NYM	0	1	.000	5.73	6.55	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	10	8	7	1	6	0	7	1	0	0		1.455	8.2	0.8	4.9	5.7	1.17
1987	24	-4.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	5	6	.455	3.71	4.17	21	13	3	1	0	1	99.1	87	46	41	11	44	1	68	5	4	2	420	1.319	7.9	1.0	4.0	6.2	1.55
1988	25	-3.5	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	20	3	.870	2.22	2.61	35	28	0	8	4	0	231.1	178	67	57	10	80	7	213	4	10	10	936	1.115	6.9	0.4	3.1	8.3	2.66
1989	26	-2.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	14	8	.636	3.52	3.77	34	33	0	7	2	0	219.2	183	92	86	20	74	6	190	4	4	14	910	1.170	7.5	0.8	3.0	7.8	2.57
1990	27	-1.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	14	10	.583	3.23	3.57	31	30	1	6	2	0	211.2	177	84	76	21	65	1	233	1	4	10	860	1.143	7.5	0.9	2.8	9.9	3.58
1991	28	-0.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	14	14	.500	3.29	3.67	34	34	0	5	2	0	232.2	204	95	85	13	73	2	241	5	1	17	966	1.191	7.9	0.5	2.8	9.3	3.30
1992	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM	17	10	.630	2.81	3.28	35	34	0	7	5	0	249.2	201	91	78	15	111	7	261	12	1	12	1055	1.250	7.2	0.5	4.0	9.4	2.35
1992	29	0.7	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	13	7	.650	2.88	3.43	27	27	0	7	5	0	196.2	162	75	63	12	82	5	214	9	1	9	831	1.241	7.4	0.5	3.8	9.8	2.61
1992	29	0.1	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	4	3	.571	2.55	2.72	8	7	0	0	0	0	53.0	39	16	15	3	29	2	47	3	0	3	224	1.283	6.6	0.5	4.9	8.0	1.62
1993	30	1.3	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	11	14	.440	3.33	3.61	34	34	0	6	1	0	254.0	205	102	94	20	114	2	191	10	2	14	1060	1.256	7.3	0.7	4.0	6.8	1.68
1994	31	1.9	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	16	5	.762	2.94	3.15	23	23	0	4	3	0	171.2	130	60	56	15	54	0	132	7	1	5	690	1.072	6.8	0.8	2.8	6.9	2.44
1995	32		2 Teams	AL	Maj	NYY-TOR	18	8	.692	3.57	3.73	30	30	0	6	2	0	229.1	195	95	91	24	88	2	191	6	1	11	954	1.234	7.7	0.9	3.5	7.5	2.17
1995	32	3.2	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	9	6	.600	3.38	3.66	17	17	0	5	2	0	130.1	113	53	49	12	41	2	102	5	1	6	537	1.182	7.8	0.8	2.8	7.0	2.49
1995	32	3.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	9	2	.818	3.82	3.82	13	13	0	1	0	0	99.0	82	42	42	12	47	0	89	1	0	5	417	1.303	7.5	1.1	4.3	8.1	1.89
1996	33	9.3	Norwich	EL	AA	NYY	0	0		0.90	2.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	9	3	1	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	38	1.000	8.1	0.9	0.9	11.7	13.00
1996	33	4.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	2	.778	2.88	3.13	11	11	0	1	0	0	72.0	50	25	23	3	34	0	71	2	1	4	295	1.167	6.3	0.4	4.3	8.9	2.09
1997	34	5.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	12	6	.667	2.82	3.09	29	29	0	1	0	0	195.0	155	67	61	17	86	2	222	4	2	14	805	1.236	7.2	0.8	4.0	10.2	2.58
1998	35	5.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	20	7	.741	3.55	3.86	31	31	0	3	0	0	207.2	186	89	82	20	59	1	209	15	0	6	866	1.180	8.1	0.9	2.6	9.1	3.54
1999	36	6.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	12	9	.571	3.44	3.91	31	31	0	1	1	0	193.1	164	84	74	21	90	2	177	11	1	7	827	1.314	7.6	1.0	4.2	8.2	1.97
2000	37	8.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	14	.222	6.91	7.20	30	29	0	0	0	0	155.0	192	124	119	25	82	3	120	9	0	11	733	1.768	11.1	1.5	4.8	7.0	1.46
2001	38	15.3	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	14	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2001	38	9.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	9	7	.563	4.31	4.91	25	25	0	0	0	0	135.2	148	74	65	17	57	4	115	10	0	9	614	1.511	9.8	1.1	3.8	7.6	2.02

2003	40	17.3	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	0	1	.000	2.84	2.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	10	4	4	1	3	0	6	0	0	3	51	1.026	7.1	0.7	2.1	4.3	2.00
2003	40	11.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	3	.250	6.50	6.50	5	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	20	13	13	4	13	1	13	0	0	0	85	1.833	10.0	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (17 seasons)					Majors		194	126	.606	3.46	3.79	450	419	9	56	22	1	2898.2	2504	1222	1115	258	1137	42	2668	106	32	149	12184	1.256	7.8	0.8	3.5	8.3	2.35
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		47	40	.540	3.40	4.10	145	104	34	23	4	14	690.0	602	314	261	33	347	9	509	21	14	61	103	1.375	7.9	0.4	4.5	6.6	1.47
All Levels (21 Seasons)							241	166	.592	3.45	3.85	595	523	43	79	26	15	3588.2	3106	1536	1376	291	1484	51	3177	127	46	210	12287	1.279	7.8	0.7	3.7	8.0	2.14

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		17	20	.459	4.15	4.52	70	32	33	7	1	14	240.2	227	121	111	17	124	7	185	6	5	13		1.458	8.5	0.6	4.6	6.9	1.49
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		8	12	.400	4.10	5.06	31	31	0	9	1	0	188.2	171	106	86	10	115	1	123	5	4	27	38	1.516	8.2	0.5	5.5	5.9	1.07
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	2.16	2.16	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.2	12	4	4	1	3	0	12	0	0	3	65	0.900	6.5	0.5	1.6	6.5	4.00
A (1 season)					Minors		16	3	.842	2.08	3.00	26	25	1	7	2	0	177.0	140	59	41	5	72	0	144	7	2	10		1.198	7.1	0.3	3.7	7.3	2.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		6	4	.600	2.55	3.22	14	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	52	24	19	0	33	1	45	3	3	8		1.269	7.0	0.0	4.4	6.0	1.36