What years did Doug Drabek play?

Doug Drabek played in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 1998.

Was Doug Drabek a pitcher?

Yes. Doug Drabek pitched in the major leagues, recording 155 wins and 1594 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Doug Drabek hit?

Doug Drabek hit 2 career home runs with 119 hits.

Doug Drabek

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1986-1998)

W–L 155–134

ERA 3.73

WHIP 1.24

SO 1,594

Pitcher PIV 18199.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 185 lb
Born: 7/25/1962 in Victoria, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1986-05-30
Last Game: 1998-09-25
Awards: All-Star · Cy Young

Full name: Douglas Dean Drabek

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
155	134	398	387	53	21	0	2535.0	2,448	1,052	246	704	1,594	3.73	18199.0

Career ERA 3.73 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 9.8% 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
1986	NYA	AL	7	8	27	21	0	0	131.7	126	60	50	76	4.10	3.97 (-3%)	-445.1
1987	PIT	NL	11	12	29	28	1	1	176.3	165	76	46	120	3.88	4.29 (+10%)	1731.4
1988	PIT	NL	15	7	33	32	3	1	219.3	194	75	50	127	3.08	3.73 (+18%)	642.2
1989	PIT	NL	14	12	35	34	8	5	244.3	215	76	69	123	2.80	3.71 (+25%)	-287.5
1990	PIT	NL	22	6	33	33	9	3	231.3	190	71	56	131	2.76	3.86 (+28%)	3498.7
1991	PIT	NL	15	14	35	35	5	2	234.7	245	80	62	142	3.07	3.91 (+22%)	3372.6
1992	PIT	NL	15	11	34	34	10	4	256.7	218	79	54	177	2.77	3.75 (+26%)	5263.9
1993	HOU	NL	9	18	34	34	7	2	237.7	242	100	60	157	3.79	4.19 (+10%)	4634.5
1994	HOU	NL	12	6	23	23	6	2	164.7	132	52	45	121	2.84	4.51 (+37%)	3782.5
1995	HOU	NL	10	9	31	31	2	1	185.0	205	98	54	143	4.77	4.45 (-7%)	2993.3
1996	HOU	NL	7	9	30	30	1	0	175.3	208	89	60	137	4.57	4.61 (+1%)	1356.4
1997	CHA	AL	12	11	31	31	0	0	169.3	170	108	69	85	5.74	4.39 (-31%)	-5555.3
1998	BAL	AL	6	11	23	21	1	0	108.7	138	88	29	55	7.29	4.43 (-64%)	-2788.7
Career · 13 seasons			155	134	398	387	53	21	2,535.0	2,448	1,052	704	1,594	3.73	—	18,199

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
412	716	42	119	17	3	2	46	0	17	207	.166	.193	.207	.399	-5,127

Career AVG .166 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 36.5% below league average.

Career OBP .193 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 41.6% below league average.

Career SLG .207 vs. league average .402 across their career seasons — 48.6% below league average.

Career OPS .399 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 45.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1986	NYA	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	PIT	NL	30	59	2	7	1	0	0	4	2	24	.119	.262 (-55%)	.331 (-52%)	.415 (-67%)	.746 (-61%)	-595.6
1988	PIT	NL	33	76	4	13	3	2	0	5	1	25	.171	.254 (-33%)	.317 (-36%)	.377 (-30%)	.695 (-33%)	-406.5
1989	PIT	NL	40	77	1	8	1	0	0	3	3	14	.104	.254 (-59%)	.319 (-54%)	.375 (-69%)	.694 (-62%)	-728.3
1990	PIT	NL	33	84	8	18	2	0	1	6	4	25	.214	.257 (-17%)	.324 (-20%)	.385 (-29%)	.710 (-25%)	-325.5
1991	PIT	NL	36	84	6	15	1	0	0	2	1	28	.179	.255 (-30%)	.323 (-42%)	.384 (-50%)	.708 (-47%)	-609.2
1992	PIT	NL	35	89	5	14	3	0	0	6	2	28	.157	.255 (-38%)	.322 (-45%)	.377 (-49%)	.699 (-48%)	-661.3
1993	HOU	NL	34	71	2	6	2	0	1	3	2	22	.085	.265 (-68%)	.332 (-67%)	.403 (-62%)	.735 (-64%)	-746.0
1994	HOU	NL	24	58	4	14	0	1	0	6	0	10	.241	.269 (-11%)	.338 (-23%)	.424 (-35%)	.763 (-29%)	-292.2
1995	HOU	NL	33	60	4	14	3	0	0	8	2	17	.233	.266 (-13%)	.337 (-24%)	.417 (-32%)	.755 (-28%)	-283.7
1996	HOU	NL	32	56	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	12	.179	.269 (-34%)	.340 (-48%)	.426 (-54%)	.767 (-51%)	-478.6
1997	CHA	AL	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	BAL	AL	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			412	716	42	119	17	3	2	46	17	207	.166	—	—	—	—	-5,127

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
7	17	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	8	.118

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1992	NLCS	PIT	3	6	0	0	0	1	4	.000
1991	NLCS	PIT	2	5	1	1	1	0	2	.200
1990	NLCS	PIT	2	6	1	0	0	0	2	.167

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	5	7	7	0	48.3	40	11	14	33	2.05

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1992	NLCS	PIT	0	3	3	3	17.0	18	7	6	10	3.71
1991	NLCS	PIT	1	1	2	2	15.0	10	1	5	10	0.60
1990	NLCS	PIT	1	1	2	2	16.3	12	3	3	13	1.65

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	203	342	22	56	1	16	.164
Away	209	374	20	63	1	30	.168

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	198	1322.0	1246	501	340	896	3.41
Away	200	1213.0	1202	551	364	698	4.09

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1998-09-25	BAL	BOS	L	0	0
1998-09-07	BAL	SEA	L	0	0
1998-09-01	BAL	CHW	L	0	0
1998-07-31	BAL	KCR	L	0	0
1998-07-23	BAL	OAK	W	0	0
1998-07-17	BAL	LAA	W	0	0
1998-07-12	BAL	BOS	W	0	0
1998-07-04	BAL	NYY	L	0	0
1998-06-28	BAL	WSN	L	1	1
1998-06-13	BAL	TOR	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1998-09-25	BAL	BOS	—	2.1	3	3	3	1	3	0
1998-09-07	BAL	SEA	L	3.0	7	4	4	1	2	2
1998-09-01	BAL	CHW	L	5.1	4	5	4	2	1	2
1998-07-31	BAL	KCR	—	5.0	7	4	4	2	0	1
1998-07-23	BAL	OAK	—	4.2	5	5	5	2	2	0
1998-07-17	BAL	LAA	W	5.1	3	1	1	1	4	0
1998-07-12	BAL	BOS	—	4.2	6	5	5	2	1	0
1998-07-04	BAL	NYY	L	5.0	8	4	4	3	2	0
1998-06-28	BAL	WSN	L	2.1	7	5	5	2	2	1
1998-06-13	BAL	TOR	L	2.0	5	5	5	1	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	398	387	266	342	29	20

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1986	NYA	P	27	21	5	13	0	0
1987	PIT	P	29	28	24	23	2	0
1988	PIT	P	33	32	29	21	6	6
1989	PIT	P	35	34	24	34	2	0
1990	PIT	P	33	33	25	36	1	1
1991	PIT	P	35	35	27	41	5	1
1992	PIT	P	34	34	29	36	3	4
1993	HOU	P	34	34	19	32	0	2
1994	HOU	P	23	23	21	28	3	2
1995	HOU	P	31	31	24	20	2	3
1996	HOU	P	30	30	17	23	3	0
1997	CHA	P	31	31	14	20	1	0
1998	BAL	P	23	21	8	15	1	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position	Games
Pitcher	398

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1995	Player of the Week	Week of 1995-07-29
1994	Pitcher of the Month	May
1990	Cy Young Award
1990	Pitcher of the Month	August
1990	Pitcher of the Month	July
1990	Player of the Week	Week of 1990-09-08
1990	TSN All-Star	RHP
1990	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1987	Pitcher of the Month	August
1987	Player of the Week	Week of 1987-08-28

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
1998	BAL	AL	$1,663,162
1997	CHA	AL	$1,300,000
1996	HOU	NL	$5,050,000
1995	HOU	NL	$5,000,000
1994	HOU	NL	$4,275,000
1993	HOU	NL	$4,250,000
1992	PIT	NL	$4,500,000
1991	PIT	NL	$3,350,000
1990	PIT	NL	$1,100,000
1989	PIT	NL	$325,000
1988	PIT	NL	$160,000
1987	NYA	AL	$85,000
1986	NYA	AL	$60,000
Total Career Earnings			$31,118,162

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Houston	Houston	TX	1981, 1982, 1983

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1994	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	4.0	140	0
1992	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	1.0	120	0
1990	Cy Young Award	NL	1st	118.0	120	23
1990	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	59.0	336	0

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