What years did Tom Candiotti play?

Tom Candiotti played in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 1999.

Was Tom Candiotti a pitcher?

Yes. Tom Candiotti pitched in the major leagues, recording 151 wins and 1735 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Tom Candiotti hit?

Tom Candiotti hit 0 career home runs with 35 hits.

Tom Candiotti

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1983-1999)

W–L 151–164

ERA 3.73

WHIP 1.30

SO 1,735

Pitcher PIV 14872.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 205 lb
Born: 8/31/1956 in Walnut Creek, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1983-08-08
Last Game: 1999-07-24

Full name: Thomas Caesar Candiotti

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
151	164	451	410	68	11	0	2725.0	2,662	1,130	250	883	1,735	3.73	14872.9

Career ERA 3.73 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 9.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1983	ML4	AL	4	4	10	8	2	1	55.7	62	20	16	21	3.23	3.87 (+17%)	-45.1
1984	ML4	AL	2	2	8	6	0	0	32.3	38	19	10	23	5.29	3.81 (-39%)	-382.1
1986	CLE	AL	16	12	36	34	17	3	252.3	234	100	106	167	3.57	3.97 (+10%)	1608.8
1987	CLE	AL	7	18	32	32	7	2	201.7	193	107	93	111	4.78	4.29 (-11%)	-3653.4
1988	CLE	AL	14	8	31	31	11	1	216.7	225	79	53	137	3.28	3.73 (+12%)	2898.9
1989	CLE	AL	13	10	31	31	4	0	206.0	188	71	55	124	3.10	3.71 (+16%)	3548.8
1990	CLE	AL	15	11	31	29	3	1	202.0	207	82	55	128	3.65	3.86 (+5%)	-332.4
1991	CLE	AL	7	6	15	15	3	0	108.3	88	27	28	86	2.24	3.91 (+43%)	3024.6
1991	TOR	AL	6	7	19	19	3	0	129.7	114	43	45	81	2.98	3.91 (+24%)	1895.9
1992	LAN	NL	11	15	32	30	6	2	203.7	177	68	63	152	3.00	3.75 (+20%)	3464.1
1993	LAN	NL	8	10	33	32	2	0	213.7	192	74	71	155	3.12	4.19 (+26%)	4694.8
1994	LAN	NL	7	7	23	22	5	0	153.0	149	70	54	102	4.12	4.51 (+9%)	3126.3
1995	LAN	NL	7	14	30	30	1	1	190.3	187	74	58	141	3.50	4.45 (+21%)	2689.7
1996	LAN	NL	9	11	28	27	1	0	152.3	172	76	43	79	4.49	4.61 (+3%)	135.7
1997	LAN	NL	10	7	41	18	0	0	135.0	128	54	40	89	3.60	4.39 (+18%)	-1879.2
1998	OAK	AL	11	16	33	33	3	0	201.0	222	108	63	98	4.84	4.43 (-9%)	-3755.2
1999	OAK	AL	3	5	11	11	0	0	56.7	67	40	23	30	6.35	4.71 (-35%)	-1719.5
1999	CLE	AL	1	1	7	2	0	0	14.7	19	18	7	11	11.05	4.71 (-135%)	-447.7
Career · 18 seasons			151	164	451	410	68	11	2,725.0	2,662	1,130	883	1,735	3.73	—	14,873

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
452	299	11	35	5	0	0	12	0	7	71	.117	.140	.134	.273	-2,197

Career AVG .117 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 55.4% below league average.

Career OBP .140 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 57.7% below league average.

Career SLG .134 vs. league average .402 across their career seasons — 66.7% below league average.

Career OPS .273 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 62.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1983	ML4	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	ML4	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	CLE	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	CLE	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	CLE	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	CLE	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	CLE	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	CLE	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	TOR	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	LAN	NL	32	56	3	6	1	1	1	9	.107	.255 (-58%)	.322 (-62%)	.377 (-67%)	.699 (-65%)	-560.6
1993	LAN	NL	33	60	1	8	2	2	1	13	.133	.265 (-50%)	.332 (-56%)	.403 (-59%)	.735 (-57%)	-559.3
1994	LAN	NL	23	50	2	7	1	3	1	9	.140	.269 (-48%)	.338 (-54%)	.424 (-62%)	.763 (-58%)	-487.5
1995	LAN	NL	30	55	2	6	0	2	3	16	.109	.266 (-59%)	.337 (-54%)	.417 (-74%)	.755 (-65%)	-589.2
1996	LAN	NL	28	45	3	4	0	2	0	14	.089	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	LAN	NL	42	32	0	3	0	2	1	10	.094	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	OAK	AL	33	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	OAK	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	CLE	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			452	299	11	35	5	12	7	71	.117	—	—	—	—	-2,197

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1996	NLDS1	LAN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	ALCS	TOR	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	3	2	0	9.7	17	7	2	6	6.52

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1996	NLDS1	LAN	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0.00
1991	ALCS	TOR	0	1	2	2	0	7.7	17	7	2	5	8.22

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	230	134	6	13	0	6	.097
Away	223	165	5	22	0	6	.133

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	230	1453.2	1404	563	420	928	3.49
Away	221	1271.1	1258	567	463	807	4.01

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1999-07-24	CLE	NYY	—	0.2	4	5	5	3	0	1
1999-07-23	CLE	NYY	—	1.2	6	5	5	0	1	1
1999-07-19	CLE	HOU	L	1.0	0	1	1	1	0	0
1999-07-18	CLE	HOU	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1999-07-17	CLE	PIT	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0
1999-07-10	CLE	CIN	—	2.2	7	7	7	2	0	1
1999-07-03	CLE	KCR	W	5.2	2	0	0	0	5	0
1999-06-02	OAK	TBR	—	6.0	8	5	5	1	5	1
1999-05-28	OAK	BAL	W	6.1	4	1	1	0	3	0
1999-05-19	OAK	KCR	L	4.0	6	7	7	6	5	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	451	411	230	437	18	30

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1983	ML4	P	10	8	4	5	0	1
1984	ML4	P	8	6	3	1	0	0
1986	CLE	P	36	34	27	41	3	7
1987	CLE	P	32	32	17	29	1	1
1988	CLE	P	31	31	17	36	1	2
1989	CLE	P	31	31	28	41	1	1
1990	CLE	P	31	30	22	37	2	1
1991	CLE	P	15	15	9	10	0	0
1991	TOR	P	19	19	10	18	1	1
1992	LAN	P	32	30	16	32	1	3
1993	LAN	P	33	32	10	30	3	3
1994	LAN	P	23	22	14	22	0	1
1995	LAN	P	30	30	15	24	1	0
1996	LAN	P	28	27	14	36	1	4
1997	LAN	P	41	18	7	24	1	2
1998	OAK	P	33	33	16	39	1	2
1999	OAK	P	11	11	1	7	1	1
1999	CLE	P	7	2	0	5	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	452

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1992	Player of the Week	Week of 1992-04-18
1987	Player of the Week	Week of 1987-08-08

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
1999	OAK	AL	$3,000,000
1998	OAK	AL	$2,850,000
1997	LAN	NL	$3,000,000
1996	LAN	NL	$3,000,000
1995	LAN	NL	$4,450,000
1994	LAN	NL	$3,650,000
1993	LAN	NL	$3,650,000
1992	LAN	NL	$3,750,000
1991	CLE	AL	$2,500,000
1990	CLE	AL	$1,050,000
1989	CLE	AL	$505,000
1988	CLE	AL	$230,000
1987	CLE	AL	$160,000
1986	CLE	AL	$80,000
Total Career Earnings			$31,875,000

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
St. Mary's College of California	Moraga	CA	1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

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Frequently Asked Questions about Tom Candiotti

What years did Tom Candiotti play?: Tom Candiotti played in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 1999.
Was Tom Candiotti a pitcher?: Yes. Tom Candiotti pitched in the major leagues, recording 151 wins and 1735 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tom Candiotti hit?: Tom Candiotti hit 0 career home runs with 35 hits.