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Frank
Pastore		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 230
 
Born: August 21, 1957 in Alhambra, CA, USA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1992   
Cy Young 1987    1990    1991    1992   
All-Star Selections 1985    1986    1987    1989    1990    1992    1996   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1979 21 MIN AL 5 2 .714 50 0 0 0 4 88.3 106 33 7 24 42 3.36 .303 .345 .423 .768 6.5
1980 22 MIN AL 3 1 .750 23 2 0 0 0 48.3 68 35 6 15 17 6.52 .329 .375 .498 .873 0.0
1982 24 NYY AL 9 1 .900 63 0 0 0 39 78.0 60 14 4 14 35 1.62 .210 .249 .308 .557 16.7
1983 25 NYY AL 7 7 .500 65 0 0 0 33 80.3 83 34 6 12 61 3.81 .260 .295 .395 .690 11.1
1984 26 NYY AL 2 5 .286 42 5 0 0 27 52.7 36 12 5 7 56 2.05 .191 .222 .324 .547 10.5
  CHW AL 7 2 .778 28 4 0 0 11 79.7 69 24 9 9 88 2.71 .232 .258 .380 .639 8.9
  TOT   9 7 .563 70 9 0 0 38 132.3 105 36 14 16 144 2.45 .216 .244 .359 .603 19.5
1985 27 CHW AL 17 5 .773 35 35 1 1 0 217.7 148 59 11 35 209 2.44 .188 .225 .294 .518 18.2
1986 28 CHW AL 20 5 .800 35 35 4 3 0 241.0 179 58 15 19 229 2.17 .200 .218 .302 .520 22.0
1987 29 CHW AL 23 4 .852 36 36 5 5 0 236.7 134 39 12 37 202 1.48 .163 .199 .255 .455 26.7
1988 30 CHW AL 18 6 .750 39 39 0 0 0 242.0 225 81 18 40 237 3.01 .242 .275 .375 .650 19.7
1989 31 CHW AL 18 5 .783 37 37 0 0 0 232.3 169 64 18 36 242 2.48 .199 .237 .316 .552 21.7
1990 32 CHW AL 22 7 .759 38 38 1 1 0 243.0 187 57 12 44 269 2.11 .207 .248 .299 .547 25.0
1991 33 CHW AL 19 9 .679 33 33 1 1 0 220.0 156 50 7 34 253 2.05 .199 .235 .287 .522 24.2
1992 34 CHW AL 23 5 .821 37 37 4 3 0 254.7 165 48 13 43 292 1.70 .183 .224 .287 .510 29.4
1993 35 CHW AL 21 8 .724 38 38 3 3 0 260.3 170 66 23 39 328 2.28 .182 .217 .313 .530 26.6
1994 36 CHW AL 16 8 .667 38 38 0 0 0 240.7 183 77 23 62 326 2.88 .207 .262 .336 .598 21.2
1995 37 CHW AL 6 9 .400 20 20 1 0 0 129.3 92 47 16 33 167 3.27 .193 .248 .347 .594 9.8
  BOS AL 9 2 .818 19 19 0 0 0 115.3 95 42 16 29 157 3.28 .217 .267 .388 .655 8.7
  TOT   15 11 .577 39 39 1 0 0 244.7 187 89 32 62 324 3.27 .205 .257 .367 .623 18.5
1996 38 BOS AL 18 8 .692 38 38 0 0 0 223.7 173 86 33 73 262 3.46 .209 .278 .400 .678 17.4
1997 39 CAL AL 14 11 .560 36 36 0 0 0 202.3 191 119 33 80 218 5.29 .247 .320 .446 .766 9.6
18 Years Sim 277 110 .716 750 490 20 17 114 3486.3 2689 1045 287 685 3690 2.70 .209 .252 .336 .588 334.0
Season Average 15 6 .714 41 27 1 0 6 193.7 149 58 15 38 205 2.70 .209 .252 .336 .588  
Career Highs 23 11 .900 70 39 5 5 39 260.3 225 119 33 80 328 6.52 .329 .375 .498 .873  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 21 MIN AL P 50 0 88.3 8 9 0 1 1.000 1.73    
1980 22 MIN AL P 23 2 48.3 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.12    
1982 24 NYY AL P 63 0 78.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.38    
1983 25 NYY AL P 65 0 80.3 4 13 1 2 .944 1.90    
1984 26 NYY AL P 42 5 52.7 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.71    
  CHW AL P 28 4 79.7 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.58    
  TOT   P 70 9 132.3 9 15 0 2 1.000 1.63    
1985 27 CHW AL P 35 35 217.7 7 26 0 0 1.000 1.36    
1986 28 CHW AL P 35 35 241.0 9 26 2 1 .946 1.31    
1987 29 CHW AL P 36 36 236.7 9 28 0 1 1.000 1.41    
1988 30 CHW AL P 39 39 242.0 8 25 0 0 1.000 1.23    
1989 31 CHW AL P 37 37 232.3 11 30 1 2 .976 1.59    
1990 32 CHW AL P 38 38 243.0 15 30 0 0 1.000 1.67    
1991 33 CHW AL P 33 33 220.0 9 22 0 1 1.000 1.27    
1992 34 CHW AL P 37 37 254.7 9 28 0 2 1.000 1.31    
1993 35 CHW AL P 38 38 260.3 14 29 0 1 1.000 1.49    
1994 36 CHW AL P 38 38 240.7 16 24 1 1 .976 1.50    
1995 37 CHW AL P 20 20 129.3 3 12 1 1 .938 1.04    
  BOS AL P 19 19 115.3 2 10 0 1 1.000 0.94    
  TOT   P 39 39 244.7 5 22 1 2 .964 .99    
1996 38 BOS AL P 38 38 223.7 8 24 0 4 1.000 1.29    
1997 39 CAL AL P 36 36 202.3 8 30 0 3 1.000 1.69    
Career Totals   750 490 3486.3 153 395 6 25 .989 1.41    
Career Highs   70 39 260.3 16 30 2 4 1.000 1.90    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1979 21 MIN AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.3 7 2 0 1 7 2.84 .280 .308 .320 .628
1982 24 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 27 CHW AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 12 3 1 2 7 1.88 .226 .255 .321 .575
1986 28 CHW AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.7 8 2 0 0 5 3.18 .320 .320 .400 .720
1987 29 CHW AL 3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 31.0 21 7 0 5 32 2.03 .188 .222 .250 .472
1988 30 CHW AL 1 2 .333 3 3 0 0 0 16.7 17 8 1 7 13 4.32 .250 .320 .412 .732
1989 31 CHW AL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 5 2 2 1 16 1.29 .104 .122 .229 .352
1990 32 CHW AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 10 2 0 0 15 1.26 .196 .196 .235 .431
1992 34 CHW AL 3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 33.0 26 11 4 7 39 3.00 .208 .250 .336 .586
1993 35 CHW AL 0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 19.3 15 4 1 7 24 1.86 .217 .289 .333 .623
1995 37 BOS AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.7 7 4 0 0 7 7.73 .318 .318 .455 .773
1996 38 BOS AL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 19.3 14 10 5 7 17 4.66 .203 .276 .478 .755
Career Post-Season Pitching 13 8 .619 31 27 0 0 0 179.3 142 55 14 37 183 2.76 .212 .254 .332 .585
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1992 34 CHW AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1993 35 CHW AL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1985-5-2.44
1986-3-2.17
1987-1-1.48
1988-8-3.01
1989-4-2.48
1990-2-2.11
1991-2-2.05
1992-1-1.70
1993-4-2.28
1994-6-2.88
1995-5-3.27
1996-4-3.46
CAR-8-2.70
 Wins
1985-7-17
1986-5-20
1987-2-23
1988-9-18
1989-4-18
1990-1-22
1991-3-19
1992-1-23
1993-4-21
1994-10-16
1996-8-18
CAR-2-277
 Winning Pct
1985-1-.773
1986-1-.800
1987-1-.852
1988-8-.750
1989-1-.783
1990-4-.759
1991-9-.679
1992-1-.821
1993-6-.724
1994-6-.667
1996-4-.692
CAR-1-.716
 Saves
1982-5-39
1983-8-33
1984-3-38
 Games Pitched
1984-6-70
 Games Started
1987-9-36
1988-4-39
1989-3-37
1990-3-38
1992-6-37
1993-5-38
1994-4-38
1995-5-39
1996-6-38
CAR-24-490
Complete Games
1992-3-4
1993-10-3
 Shutouts
1986-2-3
1987-1-5
1990-7-1
1991-5-1
1992-2-3
1993-2-3
CAR-13-17
 Innings Pitched
1988-7-242.0
1989-9-232.3
1990-7-243.0
1992-4-254.7
1993-5-260.3
1995-8-244.7
CAR-15-3486.3
 Hits Allowed
CAR-42-2689
 Homeruns Allowed
1995-8-32
1996-8-33
1997-10-33
CAR-32-287
 Strikeouts
1985-2-209
1986-3-229
1987-4-202
1988-4-237
1989-2-242
1990-3-269
1991-2-253
1992-2-292
1993-2-328
1994-2-326
1995-1-324
1996-2-262
1997-9-218
CAR-4-3690
Walks per 9IP
1985-7-1.4
1986-1-0.7
1987-8-1.4
1988-10-1.5
1989-8-1.4
1991-6-1.4
1992-4-1.5
1993-3-1.3
CAR-32-1.8
 Hits per 9IP
1985-2-6.1
1986-4-6.7
1987-1-5.1
1988-7-8.4
1989-2-6.5
1990-2-6.9
1991-2-6.4
1992-1-5.8
1993-1-5.9
1994-3-6.8
1995-2-6.9
1996-1-7.0
1997-10-8.5
CAR-5-6.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1985-2-8.6
1986-3-8.6
1987-6-7.7
1988-4-8.8
1989-2-9.4
1990-2-10.0
1991-2-10.4
1992-2-10.3
1993-3-11.3
1994-2-12.2
1995-1-11.9
1996-2-10.5
1997-7-9.7
CAR-33-9.5
 WHiP
1985-3-0.84
1986-1-0.82
1987-1-0.72
1988-5-1.10
1989-1-0.88
1990-2-0.95
1991-2-0.86
1992-1-0.82
1993-1-0.80
1994-4-1.02
1995-2-1.02
1996-3-1.10
CAR-2-0.97
 OAVG
1985-2-.188
1986-4-.200
1987-1-.163
1988-6-.242
1989-1-.199
1990-2-.207
1991-2-.199
1992-1-.183
1993-1-.182
1994-3-.207
1995-2-.205
1996-1-.209
CAR-6-.209
 OOBP
1985-3-.225
1986-1-.218
1987-1-.199
1988-6-.275
1989-1-.237
1990-3-.248
1991-2-.235
1992-1-.224
1993-1-.217
1994-4-.262
1995-1-.257
1996-3-.278
CAR-2-.252
OSLG
1985-4-.294
1986-3-.302
1987-1-.255
1989-5-.316
1990-2-.299
1991-2-.287
1992-1-.287
1993-7-.313
1994-7-.336
1995-6-.367
CAR-24-.336
 OOPS
1985-3-.518
1986-2-.520
1987-1-.455
1989-3-.552
1990-2-.547
1991-2-.522
1992-1-.510
1993-1-.530
1994-4-.598
1995-3-.623
1996-9-.678
CAR-5-.588
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 48    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 292    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 81    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 33)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 78th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1979
Earned first career win on 6/17/1979
Traded from Minnesota to New York (A) on 4/1/1982 (Going to NYY: P F. Pastore. Going to MIN: SS L. Bowa, RF D. Bergman)
Traded from New York (A) to Chicago (A) on 6/30/1984 (Going to CHW: P F. Pastore, P J. Kern, P B. Forsch. Going to NYY: P D. Stewart, P J. Orosco, P L. Deleon)
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1986, going 4-0, 0.67
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1987, going 6-0, 0.00
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1987, winning 2 games with a 0.56 ERA
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Pitched NO-HITTER against Texas on 9/28/1987, striking out 7
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1987, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Cy Young in 1987, going 23-4, 1.48 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1988, winning 2 games with a 3.65 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1989, going 7-0, 1.65
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Injured on 7/27/1989 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1990, going 6-1, 2.38
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1990, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1990, going 6-1, 1.37
Won Cy Young in 1990, going 22-7, 2.11 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1991, going 6-1, 0.99
Won Cy Young in 1991, going 19-9, 2.05 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1992, going 4-0, 0.64
Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1992, going 6-0, 1.61
Won World Championship with Chicago (A) in 1992
Won Cy Young in 1992, going 23-5, 1.70 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1993, going 5-0, 1.30
Injured on 6/29/1993 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
10/1/1994: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $7,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Chicago (A) to Boston on 7/16/1995 (Going to CHW: LF Roger Cedeno. Going to BOS: P Frank Pastore, SS Paul Molitor)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1996, going 3-0, 1.64
Was selected to the 1996 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by California on 2/9/1997 to a 1-year deal worth $12,215,000 per year
Injured on 3/24/1997 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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