Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1982
- College
- Morehead State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1982
- College
- Morehead State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 321
- W
- 111
- L
- 124
- ERA
- 4.22
- IP
- 1986.2
- K
- 929
- BB
- 748
- WHIP
- 1.43
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NYM | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.43 | 21.0 | 8 | 14 | 1.71 |
| 1983 | NYM | 21 | 8 | 8 | 3.57 | 133.2 | 59 | 55 | 1.33 |
| 1984 | NYM | 33 | 11 | 12 | 3.52 | 215.0 | 114 | 80 | 1.45 |
| 1985 | DET | 34 | 15 | 10 | 3.85 | 229.0 | 130 | 95 | 1.38 |
| 1986 | DET | 34 | 15 | 12 | 4.56 | 217.1 | 93 | 98 | 1.37 |
| 1987 | DET | 35 | 17 | 10 | 4.05 | 244.2 | 143 | 94 | 1.42 |
| 1988 | DET | 29 | 7 | 16 | 3.97 | 206.1 | 84 | 78 | 1.34 |
| 1989 |  NYY/SD | 32 | 11 | 18 | 4.49 | 206.1 | 93 | 50 | 1.39 |
| 1990 |  PIT/DET | 29 | 8 | 11 | 5.24 | 158.0 | 64 | 57 | 1.53 |
| 1991 | DET | 35 | 12 | 14 | 4.24 | 218.2 | 80 | 79 | 1.54 |
| 1992 | DET | 36 | 7 | 10 | 5.20 | 136.2 | 61 | 48 | 1.54 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 9.00
- IP
- 6.0
- K
- 4
- BB
- 4
- WHIP
- 1.83
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 56
- SHO
- 14
- K/9
- 4.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | NYM | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYM | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DET | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | DET | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | DET | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DET | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYY/SD | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | PIT/DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DET | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Walt Terrell's career stats?
Walt Terrell played 11 seasons for the Mets and the Tigers. He had 111 wins and 929 strikeouts with a 4.22 ERA over 1,986.2 innings. His best season was 1987: 17 wins, a 4.05 ERA and 143 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1 postseason, 1982 to 1992
Walt Terrell finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Walt Terrell
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to Walt Terrell among MLB players at the same position.
- Rich DotsonAlike in Innings pitched, Wins, Strikeouts89out of 100 on profile similarity
- Dick RuthvenAlike in Wins, Innings pitched, Strikeouts84out of 100 on profile similarity
- Mike TorrezAlike in Innings pitched, Strikeouts, Wins83out of 100 on profile similarity
- Dan PetryAlike in Strikeouts, Wins, Innings pitched83out of 100 on profile similarity
- Joe MagraneAlike in Strikeouts, Innings pitched, Wins82out of 100 on profile similarity
Compare Walt Terrell with Rich Dotson, Dick Ruthven, Mike Torrez