What years did Dennis Lamp play?

Dennis Lamp played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1992.

Was Dennis Lamp a pitcher?

Yes. Dennis Lamp pitched in the major leagues, recording 96 wins and 857 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dennis Lamp hit?

Dennis Lamp hit 0 career home runs with 33 hits.

What was Dennis Lamp's career batting average?

Dennis Lamp batted .164 over his career, with 33 hits in 201 at bats.

How many RBI did Dennis Lamp have?

Dennis Lamp drove in 7 runs in his career.

What was Dennis Lamp's career ERA?

Dennis Lamp finished with a 3.93 career ERA, going 96-96 with 857 strikeouts.

Dennis Lamp

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1977-1992)

Dennis Lamp was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1992 for 6 teams, including the Chicago Cubs, a span of 16 seasons. Across 639 career appearances, he went 96-96 with a 3.93 ERA, 857 strikeouts, and 35 saves. He also batted .164 with 0 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 10738.3.

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 September 8, 2026

W–L 96–96

ERA 3.93

WHIP 1.38

SO 857

Pitcher PIV 10738.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 200 lb
Born: 9/23/1952 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1977-08-21
Last Game: 1992-06-06

Full name: Dennis Patrick Lamp

📊 Compare This Player 📈 View Career Timeline

Career Pitching Statistics

Dennis Lamp — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
96	96	639	163	21	7	35	1830.7	1,975	799	122	549	857	3.93	10738.3

Career ERA 3.93 vs. league average 3.87 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

Dennis Lamp Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1977	CHN	NL	0	2	11	3	0	0	0	30.0	43	21	8	12	6.30	4.00 (-58%)	-179.7
1978	CHN	NL	7	15	37	36	6	3	0	223.7	221	82	56	73	3.30	3.69 (+11%)	117.9
1979	CHN	NL	11	10	38	32	6	1	0	200.3	223	78	46	86	3.50	4.00 (+12%)	2379.0
1980	CHN	NL	10	14	41	37	2	1	0	202.7	259	117	82	83	5.20	3.84 (-35%)	-1755.1
1981	CHA	AL	7	6	27	10	3	0	0	127.0	103	34	43	71	2.41	3.58 (+33%)	2126.0
1982	CHA	AL	11	8	44	27	3	2	5	189.7	206	84	59	78	3.99	3.86 (-3%)	1595.6
1983	CHA	AL	7	7	49	5	1	0	15	116.3	123	48	29	44	3.71	3.87 (+4%)	1049.1
1984	TOR	AL	8	8	56	4	0	0	9	85.0	97	43	38	45	4.55	3.81 (-19%)	-1384.1
1985	TOR	AL	11	0	53	1	0	0	2	105.7	96	39	27	68	3.32	3.89 (+15%)	2344.1
1986	TOR	AL	2	6	40	2	0	0	2	73.0	93	41	23	30	5.05	3.97 (-27%)	347.9
1987	OAK	AL	1	3	36	5	0	0	0	56.7	76	32	22	36	5.08	4.29 (-18%)	470.6
1988	BOS	AL	7	6	46	0	0	0	0	82.7	92	32	19	49	3.48	3.73 (+7%)	1925.8
1989	BOS	AL	4	2	42	0	0	0	2	112.3	96	29	27	61	2.32	3.71 (+37%)	2441.0
1990	BOS	AL	3	5	47	1	0	0	0	105.7	114	55	30	49	4.68	3.86 (-21%)	-493.4
1991	BOS	AL	6	3	51	0	0	0	0	92.0	100	48	31	57	4.70	3.91 (-20%)	130.1
1992	PIT	NL	1	1	21	0	0	0	0	28.0	33	16	9	15	5.14	3.75 (-37%)	-376.4
Career · 16 seasons			96	96	639	163	21	7	35	1,830.2	1,975	799	549	857	3.93	—	10,738

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

Dennis Lamp — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
639	201	6	33	3	0	0	7	0	6	37	.164	.188	.179	.368	-1,518

Career AVG .164 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 36.6% below league average.

Career OBP .188 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 41.9% below league average.

Career SLG .179 vs. league average .388 across their career seasons — 53.8% below league average.

Career OPS .368 vs. league average .712 across their career seasons — 48.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

Dennis Lamp Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1977	CHN	NL	11	8	0	3	0	2	0	2	.375	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	CHN	NL	37	73	1	15	2	3	0	17	.205	.257 (-20%)	.323 (-36%)	.378 (-38%)	.702 (-38%)	-430.5
1979	CHN	NL	38	58	2	9	1	1	2	9	.155	.265 (-42%)	.329 (-44%)	.397 (-57%)	.727 (-51%)	-472.0
1980	CHN	NL	41	61	3	6	0	1	4	9	.098	.264 (-63%)	.326 (-53%)	.387 (-75%)	.714 (-65%)	-615.2
1981	CHA	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	CHA	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	CHA	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	TOR	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	TOR	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	TOR	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	OAK	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	BOS	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	BOS	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	BOS	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	BOS	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	PIT	NL	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			639	201	6	33	3	7	6	37	.164	—	—	—	—	-1,518

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

Dennis Lamp — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Dennis Lamp — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
1990	ALCS	BOS	1	.000
1985	ALCS	TOR	3	.000
1983	ALCS	CHA	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Dennis Lamp — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	7	0	0	11.7	4	4	5	11	3.09

Playoff Pitching by Year

Dennis Lamp — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1990	ALCS	BOS	1	0.3	2	4	2	0	108.00
1985	ALCS	TOR	3	9.3	2	0	1	10	0.00
1983	ALCS	CHA	3	2.0	0	0	2	1	0.00

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (1278 games) →

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

Batting — Home / Away

Dennis Lamp — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	310	95	3	14	0	3	.147
Away	329	106	3	19	0	4	.179

Pitching — Home / Away

Dennis Lamp — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	310	966.2	1038	416	296	425	3.87
Away	329	864.0	937	383	253	432	3.99

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dennis Lamp — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
1992-06-06	PIT	NYN	L	1
1992-06-03	PIT	LAD	W	0
1992-05-31	PIT	SFG	L	0
1992-05-26	PIT	SDP	L	0
1992-05-25	PIT	SDP	L	0
1992-05-21	PIT	SFG	L	0
1992-05-19	PIT	SFG	L	0
1992-05-16	PIT	SDP	L	0
1992-05-15	PIT	SDP	L	0
1992-05-13	PIT	ATL	W	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Dennis Lamp — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1992-06-06	PIT	NYN	—	3.2	7	5	5	2	3	2
1992-06-03	PIT	LAD	—	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0
1992-05-31	PIT	SFG	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
1992-05-26	PIT	SDP	L	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	1
1992-05-25	PIT	SDP	—	2.2	2	0	0	1	2	0
1992-05-21	PIT	SFG	—	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1992-05-19	PIT	SFG	—	1.1	3	3	3	1	1	0
1992-05-16	PIT	SDP	—	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0
1992-05-15	PIT	SDP	—	2.2	2	0	0	1	1	0
1992-05-13	PIT	ATL	—	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dennis Lamp — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	639	163	128	353	18	27

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dennis Lamp — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1977	CHN	P	11	3	1	8	1	0
1978	CHN	P	37	36	18	51	1	1
1979	CHN	P	38	32	17	45	3	3
1980	CHN	P	41	37	8	47	2	3
1981	CHA	P	27	10	5	23	1	4
1982	CHA	P	44	27	9	39	5	1
1983	CHA	P	49	5	9	16	0	2
1984	TOR	P	56	4	9	15	2	3
1985	TOR	P	53	1	11	21	0	3
1986	TOR	P	40	2	5	11	1	2
1987	OAK	P	36	5	1	9	0	0
1988	BOS	P	46	0	5	18	1	0
1989	BOS	P	42	0	12	20	0	3
1990	BOS	P	47	1	12	14	0	0
1991	BOS	P	51	0	2	12	1	2
1992	PIT	P	21	0	4	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Dennis Lamp Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	639

Salary History

Dennis Lamp — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1991	BOS	AL	$750,000
1990	BOS	AL	$725,000
1989	BOS	AL	$380,000
1986	TOR	AL	$566,667
1985	KCA	AL	$535,000
Total Career Earnings			$2,956,667

Award Voting History

Dennis Lamp — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1985	Most Valuable Player	AL	21th	3.0	392	0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Dennis Lamp (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dennis Lamp

What years did Dennis Lamp play?: Dennis Lamp played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1992.
Was Dennis Lamp a pitcher?: Yes. Dennis Lamp pitched in the major leagues, recording 96 wins and 857 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dennis Lamp hit?: Dennis Lamp hit 0 career home runs with 33 hits.
What was Dennis Lamp's career batting average?: Dennis Lamp batted .164 over his career, with 33 hits in 201 at bats.
How many RBI did Dennis Lamp have?: Dennis Lamp drove in 7 runs in his career.
What was Dennis Lamp's career ERA?: Dennis Lamp finished with a 3.93 career ERA, going 96-96 with 857 strikeouts.