What years did Joaquin Andujar play?

Joaquin Andujar played in Major League Baseball from 1976 to 1988.

Was Joaquin Andujar a pitcher?

Yes. Joaquin Andujar pitched in the major leagues, recording 127 wins and 1032 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Joaquin Andujar hit?

Joaquin Andujar hit 5 career home runs with 77 hits.

What teams did Joaquin Andujar play for?

Joaquin Andujar played for 3 teams: the Houston Astros (1976–1981, 1988), the St. Louis Cardinals (1981–1985), and the Oakland Athletics (1986–1987).

Did Joaquin Andujar win a Cy Young Award?

No. Joaquin Andujar did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Joaquin Andujar win?

Joaquin Andujar won the Gold Glove (1984). He was selected to 4 All-Star Games.

What were Joaquin Andujar's career stats?

In 405 games, Joaquin Andujar went 127-118 with a 3.58 ERA, 1,032 strikeouts, 2,153.0 innings pitched, and 9 saves. At the plate he had 77 hits and 5 home runs.

What was Joaquin Andujar's salary?

Joaquin Andujar's last recorded salary was $450,000, in 1988. His highest recorded salary was $1,353,333, in 1987, and his lowest was $450,000, in 1988. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1988.

What position did Joaquin Andujar play?

Joaquin Andujar played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Joaquin Andujar and how much did he weigh?

Joaquin Andujar was listed at 6 feet and 170 pounds.

What was Joaquin Andujar's career ERA?

Joaquin Andujar finished with a 3.58 career ERA, going 127-118 with 1,032 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Joaquin Andujar have?

Joaquin Andujar recorded 1,032 career strikeouts.

Is Joaquin Andujar in the Hall of Fame?

No. Joaquin Andujar has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Joaquin Andujar

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1976-1988)

Joaquin Andujar was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1976 to 1988 for the Houston Astros, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Athletics, a span of 13 seasons. Across 405 career appearances, he went 127-118 with a 3.58 ERA and 1,032 strikeouts. He also batted .127 with 5 home runs. Joaquin Andujar was a 4-time All-Star and a Gold Glove. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 4074.6.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 127–118

ERA 3.58

WHIP 1.28

SO 1,032

Pitcher PIV 4074.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 170 lb
Born: 12/21/1952 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R.
Died: 9/8/2015 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R.
MLB Debut: 1976-04-08
Last Game: 1988-09-30
Awards: 4× All-Star · Gold Glove

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Career Pitching Statistics

Joaquin Andujar — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
127	118	405	305	68	19	9	2153.0	2,016	857	155	731	1,032	3.58	4074.6

Career ERA 3.58 vs. league average 3.86 across their career seasons — 7.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Joaquin Andujar Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1976	HOU	NL	9	10	28	25	9	4	0	172.1	163	69	75	59	3.60	3.51 (-3%)	-1551.8
1977	HOU	NL	11	8	26	25	4	1	0	158.2	149	65	64	69	3.69	4.00 (+8%)	-225.1
1978	HOU	NL	5	7	35	13	2	0	1	110.2	88	42	58	55	3.42	3.69 (+7%)	178.2
1979	HOU	NL	12	12	46	23	8	0	4	194.0	168	74	88	77	3.43	4.00 (+14%)	1023.1
1980	HOU	NL	3	8	35	14	0	0	2	122.0	132	53	43	75	3.91	3.84 (-2%)	1279.1
1981	HOU	NL	2	3	9	3	0	0	0	23.2	29	13	12	18	4.94	3.58 (-38%)	-68.2
1981	SLN	NL	6	1	11	8	1	0	0	55.1	56	23	11	19	3.74	3.58 (-4%)	187.3
1982	SLN	NL	15	10	38	37	9	5	0	265.2	237	73	50	137	2.47	3.86 (+36%)	6975.2
1983	SLN	NL	6	16	39	34	5	2	1	225.0	215	104	75	125	4.16	3.87 (-7%)	-790.1
1984	SLN	NL	20	14	36	36	12	4	0	261.1	218	97	70	147	3.34	3.81 (+12%)	1989.4
1985	SLN	NL	21	12	38	38	10	2	0	269.2	265	102	82	112	3.40	3.89 (+13%)	2007.2
1986	OAK	AL	12	7	28	26	7	1	1	155.1	139	66	56	72	3.82	3.97 (+4%)	-3709.2
1987	OAK	AL	3	5	13	13	1	0	0	60.2	63	41	26	32	6.08	4.29 (-42%)	-1992.6
1988	HOU	NL	2	5	23	10	0	0	0	78.2	94	35	21	35	4.00	3.73 (-7%)	-1227.9
Career · 14 seasons			127	118	405	305	68	19	9	2,153.0	2,016	857	731	1,032	3.58	—	4,075

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Joaquin Andujar — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
407	607	31	77	12	2	5	38	7	30	315	.127	.168	.178	.346	-4,298

Career AVG .127 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 51.2% below league average.

Career OBP .168 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 48.3% below league average.

Career SLG .178 vs. league average .388 across their career seasons — 54.2% below league average.

Career OPS .346 vs. league average .713 across their career seasons — 51.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Joaquin Andujar Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1976	HOU	NL	28	57	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	2	29	.140	.255 (-45%)	.320 (-47%)	.360 (-56%)	.681 (-52%)	-448.0
1977	HOU	NL	26	53	6	10	2	0	0	2	0	3	27	.189	.264 (-29%)	.329 (-29%)	.401 (-44%)	.730 (-37%)	-314.8
1978	HOU	NL	36	23	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	11	.130	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	HOU	NL	46	57	3	5	1	0	2	7	0	2	32	.088	.265 (-67%)	.329 (-65%)	.397 (-47%)	.727 (-55%)	-528.0
1980	HOU	NL	35	29	3	5	0	1	1	3	0	3	16	.172	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	HOU	NL	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	SLN	NL	12	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	SLN	NL	38	95	3	15	1	1	0	4	1	0	44	.158	.261 (-40%)	.324 (-51%)	.388 (-51%)	.712 (-51%)	-772.0
1983	SLN	NL	39	73	2	6	1	0	0	2	2	2	38	.082	.260 (-68%)	.324 (-67%)	.389 (-75%)	.714 (-72%)	-822.9
1984	SLN	NL	36	84	8	11	1	0	2	8	1	9	47	.131	.259 (-50%)	.322 (-33%)	.384 (-44%)	.707 (-39%)	-510.8
1985	SLN	NL	38	94	2	10	2	0	0	8	3	5	50	.106	.257 (-59%)	.323 (-53%)	.390 (-67%)	.714 (-61%)	-901.4
1986	OAK	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	OAK	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	HOU	NL	23	19	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	9	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			407	607	31	77	12	2	5	38	7	30	315	.127	—	—	—	—	-4,298

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Joaquin Andujar — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.167

Playoff Batting by Year

Joaquin Andujar — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	SO	AVG
1985	NLCS	SLN	2	4	1	1	1	1	.250
1985	WS	SLN	2	1	0	0	0	1	.000
1982	NLCS	SLN	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000
1982	WS	SLN	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	NLCS	HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Joaquin Andujar — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	2	8	6	1	35.1	40	16	12	20	4.08

Playoff Pitching by Year

Joaquin Andujar — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1985	NLCS	SLN	0	1	2	2	0	10.1	14	8	4	9	6.97
1985	WS	SLN	0	1	2	1	0	4.0	10	4	4	3	9.00
1982	NLCS	SLN	1	0	1	1	0	6.2	6	2	2	4	2.70
1982	WS	SLN	2	0	2	2	0	13.1	10	2	1	4	1.35
1980	NLCS	HOU	0	0	1	0	1	1.0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Joaquin Andujar — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	208	298	13	35	3	21	.117
Away	199	309	18	42	2	17	.136

Pitching — Home / Away

Joaquin Andujar — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	206	1158.1	1044	435	405	562	3.38
Away	199	994.2	972	422	326	470	3.82

Last 10 Games — Batting

Joaquin Andujar — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	SO
1988-09-30	HOU	SDP	L	0	0	0
1988-09-28	HOU	ATL	L	0	0	0
1988-09-24	HOU	SDP	L	0	0	0
1988-09-06	HOU	CIN	L	0	0	0
1988-08-30	HOU	CHC	W	2	0	1
1988-08-23	HOU	CHC	L	0	0	0
1988-08-22	HOU	CHC	W	0	0	0
1988-08-14	HOU	SDP	L	1	0	1
1988-08-09	HOU	SFG	W	1	0	0
1988-07-30	HOU	LAD	W	1	1	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Joaquin Andujar — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1988-09-30	HOU	SDP	—	2.0	3	1	0	1	3	0
1988-09-28	HOU	ATL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1988-09-24	HOU	SDP	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
1988-09-06	HOU	CIN	—	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	0
1988-08-30	HOU	CHC	W	6.0	6	3	3	0	3	0
1988-08-23	HOU	CHC	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1988-08-22	HOU	CHC	—	1.0	2	3	2	0	1	1
1988-08-14	HOU	SDP	L	4.0	6	4	4	0	2	1
1988-08-09	HOU	SFG	—	5.0	4	1	1	1	1	0
1988-07-30	HOU	LAD	—	4.0	4	2	2	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Joaquin Andujar — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	405	305	142	437	54	28

Season-by-Season Fielding

Joaquin Andujar — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1976	HOU	P	28	25	12	24	3	1
1977	HOU	P	26	25	14	38	8	1
1978	HOU	P	35	13	11	27	4	1
1979	HOU	P	46	23	16	50	5	2
1980	HOU	P	35	14	7	27	5	2
1981	HOU	P	9	3	1	1	1	0
1981	SLN	P	11	8	4	11	1	0
1982	SLN	P	38	37	17	51	5	3
1983	SLN	P	39	34	15	62	6	3
1984	SLN	P	36	36	15	54	3	2
1985	SLN	P	38	38	8	45	6	8
1986	OAK	P	28	26	16	21	3	4
1987	OAK	P	13	13	1	11	2	1
1988	HOU	P	23	10	5	15	2	0

Career Games by Position

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Joaquin Andujar Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	405

Awards & Honors

Joaquin Andujar — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1984	Gold Glove	P
1984	Player of the Week	Week of 1984-05-18
1984	Player of the Week	Week of 1984-09-28
1984	TSN Comeback Player of the Year
1982	Pitcher of the Month	September
1979	Pitcher of the Month	June
1976	Player of the Week	Week of 1976-06-04

Salary History

Joaquin Andujar's recorded salaries total $4,066,666 over 4 seasons, 1985 to 1988. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Andujar's career ran from 1976 to 1988. His seasons before 1985 are not included.

Joaquin Andujar — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1988	HOU	NL	$450,000
1987	OAK	AL	$1,353,333
1986	OAK	AL	$1,233,333
1985	SLN	NL	$1,030,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$4,066,666

Award Voting History

Joaquin Andujar — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1985	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	6.0	120
1984	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	12.0	120
1982	Cy Young Award	NL	7th	1.0	120
1982	Most Valuable Player	NL	19th	6.0	336

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Joaquin Andujar: the record in brief

According to the bio, Joaquin Andujar debuted on April 8, 1976 and played a final game on September 30, 1988. Club by club, the record runs the Houston Astros (1976 to 1988), the St. Louis Cardinals (1981 through 1985), and the Oakland Athletics (1986 through 1987). At 6 feet, 0 inches and 170 pounds, Andujar is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Andujar switch-hit and threw right-handed. Andujar was born on December 21, 1952, in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R. Andujar died on September 8, 2015, in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R.

Andujar pitched in 405 games, starting 305, and finished with a 127-118 record and 3.58 ERA. Andujar had 1,032 strikeouts, 68 complete games, and 19 shutouts. The leagues Andujar pitched in allowed 3.86 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 7.2% better than average. Andujar won 21 games in 1985, the most of any season listed.

Frequently Asked Questions about Joaquin Andujar

What years did Joaquin Andujar play?: Joaquin Andujar played in Major League Baseball from 1976 to 1988.
Was Joaquin Andujar a pitcher?: Yes. Joaquin Andujar pitched in the major leagues, recording 127 wins and 1032 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Joaquin Andujar hit?: Joaquin Andujar hit 5 career home runs with 77 hits.
What teams did Joaquin Andujar play for?: Joaquin Andujar played for 3 teams: the Houston Astros (1976–1981, 1988), the St. Louis Cardinals (1981–1985), and the Oakland Athletics (1986–1987).
Did Joaquin Andujar win a Cy Young Award?: No. Joaquin Andujar did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Joaquin Andujar win?: Joaquin Andujar won the Gold Glove (1984). He was selected to 4 All-Star Games.
What were Joaquin Andujar's career stats?: In 405 games, Joaquin Andujar went 127-118 with a 3.58 ERA, 1,032 strikeouts, 2,153.0 innings pitched, and 9 saves. At the plate he had 77 hits and 5 home runs.
How much did Joaquin Andujar earn in his career?: Joaquin Andujar's recorded salaries total $4,066,666 over 4 seasons, 1985 to 1988. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Andujar's career ran from 1976 to 1988. His seasons before 1985 are not included.
What was Joaquin Andujar's salary?: Joaquin Andujar's last recorded salary was $450,000, in 1988. His highest recorded salary was $1,353,333, in 1987, and his lowest was $450,000, in 1988. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1988.
What position did Joaquin Andujar play?: Joaquin Andujar played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Joaquin Andujar and how much did he weigh?: Joaquin Andujar was listed at 6 feet and 170 pounds.
What was Joaquin Andujar's career ERA?: Joaquin Andujar finished with a 3.58 career ERA, going 127-118 with 1,032 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Joaquin Andujar have?: Joaquin Andujar recorded 1,032 career strikeouts.
Is Joaquin Andujar in the Hall of Fame?: No. Joaquin Andujar has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.