Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1981
- College
- UCLA
- NL Silver Slugger
- 1988
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1981
- College
- UCLA
- NL Silver Slugger
- 1988
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 292
- W
- 78
- L
- 105
- ERA
- 4.36
- IP
- 1491.1
- K
- 888
- BB
- 535
- WHIP
- 1.41
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | NYM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 1983 | NYM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 10.2 | 9 | 4 | 1.78 |
| 1984 | NYM | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4.02 | 53.2 | 29 | 18 | 1.47 |
| 1985 | MIL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4.05 | 33.1 | 29 | 8 | 1.44 |
| 1986 | MIL | 33 | 12 | 12 | 4.21 | 188.1 | 110 | 53 | 1.43 |
| 1987 | LAD | 39 | 3 | 11 | 4.76 | 107.2 | 61 | 36 | 1.46 |
| 1988 | LAD | 35 | 17 | 11 | 2.91 | 228.2 | 180 | 56 | 1.12 |
| 1989 |  LAD/CIN | 33 | 8 | 14 | 3.52 | 207.0 | 123 | 68 | 1.32 |
| 1990 | NYY | 31 | 9 | 19 | 4.11 | 208.0 | 138 | 78 | 1.35 |
| 1991 | NYY | 28 | 4 | 10 | 6.49 | 120.2 | 83 | 57 | 1.72 |
| 1992 |  NYY/SEA | 26 | 8 | 10 | 5.36 | 141.0 | 46 | 87 | 1.55 |
| 1993 | SEA | 33 | 11 | 9 | 5.05 | 169.1 | 68 | 58 | 1.54 |
| 1994 | TEX | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8.14 | 21.0 | 9 | 11 | 1.76 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 3.60
- IP
- 10.0
- K
- 7
- BB
- 5
- WHIP
- 1.90
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 103
- CG
- 25
- SHO
- 9
- K/9
- 5.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 87
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1983 | NYM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | MIL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1986 | MIL | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1987 | LAD | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1988 | LAD | 20 | 9 | 6 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1989 | LAD/CIN | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990 | NYY | 17 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 1991 | NYY | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1992 | NYY/SEA | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1993 | SEA | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1994 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
What were Tim Leary's career stats?
Tim Leary played 13 seasons for the Mets, the Brewers, the Dodgers, the Yankees, the Mariners and the Rangers. He had 78 wins and 888 strikeouts with a 4.36 ERA over 1,491.1 innings. His best season was 1988: 17 wins, a 2.91 ERA and 180 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1 postseason, 1981 to 1994
Championships
- 1988 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers
Awards
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