David Cone

1986–2003 · 17 seasons · Bats left, throws right · Born 1963

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Pitching: 14 of 18 columns. Folded away: HR, BFP, CG, SHO. Hitting: 17 of 26 columns. Folded away: CS, TB, HBP, wOBA, wRAA, WAR: Bat, WAR: Field, WAR: Run, WAR: Pos.

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Pitching

SeasonTeamLgGGSIPWLSVSOBBHERERAWHIPWARFIP
1986Kansas City RoyalsAL11022.7000211329145.561.850.13.92
1987New York MetsNL211399.3561684487413.711.320.44.42
1988New York MetsNL3528231.3203021380178572.221.114.82.58
1989New York MetsNL3433219.7148019074183863.521.172.93.28
1990New York MetsNL3130211.71410023365177763.231.144.52.83
1991New York MetsNL3434232.71414024173204853.291.196.02.52
1992New York MetsNL3534249.717100261111201782.811.254.62.95
1993Kansas City RoyalsAL3434254.011140191114205943.331.263.43.97
1994CYKansas City RoyalsAL2323171.7165013254130562.941.073.13.79
1995Toronto Blue JaysAL3030229.3188019188195913.571.233.24.03
1996New York YankeesAL111172.0720713450232.881.171.73.24
1997New York YankeesAL2929195.0126022286155612.811.244.03.35
1998New York YankeesAL3131207.7207020959186823.551.183.93.45
1999New York YankeesAL3131193.3129017790164743.441.312.64.28
2000New York YankeesAL3029155.04140120821921196.911.770.35.44
2001Boston Red SoxAL2525135.797011557148654.311.511.24.46
2003New York MetsNL5418.0130131320136.501.83-0.36.64
Career17 seasons4504192898.7194126126681137250411153.461.2646.3

Hitting

SeasonTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPSWAR
1986Kansas City RoyalsAL1100000000000
1987New York MetsNL2135310210000140.065.094.097.191-0.6
1988New York MetsNL35888021230023140.150.181.188.368-0.9
1989New York MetsNL34857791820042130.234.253.260.513-0.3
1990New York MetsNL32847071410055120.200.253.214.468-0.5
1991New York MetsNL3484723900053140.125.179.125.304-1.0
1992New York MetsNL3575655610043190.092.132.108.240-1.1
1993Kansas City RoyalsAL3400000000000
1994Kansas City RoyalsAL2300000000000
1995Toronto Blue JaysAL3000000000000
1996New York YankeesAL1100000000000
1997New York YankeesAL2933000000020.000.000.000.000-0.1
1998New York YankeesAL3143100001000.000.000.000.000-0.1
1999New York YankeesAL3133111001000.333.333.6671.0000.0
2000New York YankeesAL3033010000010.333.333.333.6670.0
2001Boston Red SoxAL2521000000010.000.000.000.000-0.1
2003New York MetsNL544010000010.250.250.250.5000.0
Career17 seasons45147041228649002216910.155.193.177.370-4.6

Gold shading marks a top-five finish in that league that season. Filled for first, shaded for second and third, faint for fourth and fifth, with the exact place in the corner of the cell. These rankings are ours, not part of the source data: we work them out from the season lines on this site and count each league on its own, so a first in the American League is not a first across baseball. Rate statistics use the same qualifying line as the season tool, which is why a relief pitcher can have the lowest ERA in his league and still have no shading on it — he did not pitch enough innings to qualify. A ranking is only drawn when its column is on screen; press Show all columns for the rest. On a season where this player both batted and pitched, the WAR column is left unshaded either way: the data keeps one WAR ranking for the year and does not say which of the two it belongs to, and a guess here would put a league lead on the wrong line.

The dark chips beside a season are awards. Those are records rather than our arithmetic: MVP (Most Valuable Player), CY (Cy Young Award), ROY (Rookie of the Year), GG (Gold Glove), SS (Silver Slugger). Two of them are lettered in the metal they are named after — Gold Glove in gold, Silver Slugger in silver — but the letters say which is which, so nothing here depends on telling the two apart by colour.

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The WAR columns are worked out on this site — they are not part of the source data, and they will not match Baseball-Reference exactly.

Everything else on this page comes straight from the Lahman database. WAR is our own calculation from those same season lines: fielding is estimated from putouts and assists rather than measured, fielding innings are missing before 1954, and the fielding component is capped. Treat it as a reasonable estimate of value, not as a record. The season tool explains the method in full.

means the value is not in the source for that season, which is not the same as zero. In the Career and Subtotal rows it marks a statistic that cannot be added up across seasons — wOBA and FIP both need league constants that change every year, so we leave them blank rather than invent one. Leagues on this page: AL (American League), NL (National League).

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