What years did Tim Stoddard play?

Tim Stoddard played in Major League Baseball from 1975 to 1989.

Was Tim Stoddard a pitcher?

Yes. Tim Stoddard pitched in the major leagues, recording 41 wins and 582 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Tim Stoddard hit?

Tim Stoddard hit 1 career home runs with 2 hits.

What was Tim Stoddard's career batting average?

Tim Stoddard batted .100 over his career, with 2 hits in 20 at bats.

How many RBI did Tim Stoddard have?

Tim Stoddard drove in 1 runs in his career.

What was Tim Stoddard's career ERA?

Tim Stoddard finished with a 3.95 career ERA, going 41-35 with 582 strikeouts.

Tim Stoddard

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1975-1989)

Tim Stoddard was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1975 to 1989 for 6 teams, including the Chicago White Sox, a span of 15 seasons. Across 485 career appearances, he went 41-35 with a 3.95 ERA, 582 strikeouts, and 76 saves.

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 12, 2026

W–L 41–35

ERA 3.95

WHIP 1.42

SO 582

Pitcher PIV -354.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'7" / 230 lb
Born: 1/24/1953 in East Chicago, IN, USA
MLB Debut: 1975-09-07
Last Game: 1989-07-09

Full name: Timothy Paul Stoddard

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Career Pitching Statistics

Tim Stoddard — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
41	35	485	0	0	0	76	729.2	680	320	72	356	582	3.95	-354.4

Career ERA 3.95 vs. league average 3.85 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Tim Stoddard Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1975	CHA	AL	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	1	0	0	9.00	—	0.0
1978	BAL	AL	0	1	8	0	18.0	22	12	8	14	6.00	3.69 (-63%)	-529.0
1979	BAL	AL	3	1	29	3	58.0	44	11	19	47	1.71	4.00 (+57%)	1812.7
1980	BAL	AL	5	3	64	26	86.0	72	24	38	64	2.51	3.84 (+35%)	2002.1
1981	BAL	AL	4	2	31	7	37.1	38	16	18	32	3.86	3.58 (-8%)	-932.3
1982	BAL	AL	3	4	50	12	56.0	53	25	29	42	4.02	3.86 (-4%)	156.7
1983	BAL	AL	4	3	47	9	57.2	65	39	29	50	6.09	3.87 (-57%)	-1389.2
1984	CHN	NL	10	6	58	7	92.0	77	39	57	87	3.82	3.81 (avg)	-526.6
1985	SDN	NL	1	6	44	1	60.0	63	31	37	42	4.65	3.89 (-19%)	165.8
1986	SDN	NL	1	3	30	0	45.1	33	19	34	47	3.77	3.97 (+5%)	-788.3
1986	NYA	AL	4	1	24	0	49.1	41	21	23	34	3.83	3.97 (+4%)	-493.2
1987	NYA	AL	4	3	57	8	92.2	83	36	30	78	3.50	4.29 (+19%)	734.1
1988	NYA	AL	2	2	28	3	55.0	62	39	27	33	6.38	3.73 (-71%)	-823.6
1989	CLE	AL	0	0	14	0	21.1	25	7	7	12	2.95	3.71 (+20%)	256.4
Career · 14 seasons			41	35	485	76	729.2	680	320	356	582	3.95	—	-354

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

Tim Stoddard — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
485	20	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	.100	.100	.250	.350	0

Career AVG .100 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 61.4% below league average.

Career OBP .100 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 69.2% below league average.

Career SLG .250 vs. league average .387 across their career seasons — 35.4% below league average.

Career OPS .350 vs. league average .711 across their career seasons — 50.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Tim Stoddard Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1975	CHA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	BAL	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	BAL	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	BAL	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	BAL	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	BAL	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	BAL	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	CHN	NL	58	11	0	1	0	0	5	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	SDN	NL	44	5	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	SDN	NL	30	4	1	1	1	1	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	NYA	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	NYA	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	NYA	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	CLE	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			485	20	1	2	1	1	8	.100	—	—	—	—	0

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

Tim Stoddard — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Tim Stoddard — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1984	NLCS	CHN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	WS	BAL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Tim Stoddard — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	6	0	0	7.0	7	4	3	5	5.14

Playoff Pitching by Year

Tim Stoddard — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1984	NLCS	CHN	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	2	2	4.50
1979	WS	BAL	1	0	4	0	0	5.0	6	3	1	3	5.40

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Tim Stoddard — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	241	5	1	2	1	1	.400
Away	244	15	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Tim Stoddard — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	241	359.1	327	157	172	286	3.93
Away	244	370.1	353	163	184	296	3.96

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Tim Stoddard — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1989-07-09	CLE	SEA	—	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	0
1989-07-02	CLE	OAK	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1989-06-30	CLE	OAK	—	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0
1989-06-25	CLE	TEX	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1989-06-23	CLE	TEX	—	2.1	2	0	0	1	2	0
1989-06-20	CLE	MIN	—	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	1
1989-06-11	CLE	SEA	—	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
1989-06-09	CLE	SEA	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0
1989-06-03	CLE	OAK	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1989-05-26	CLE	BAL	—	4.0	4	1	1	2	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Tim Stoddard — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	485	0	44	80	6	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Tim Stoddard — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1975	CHA	P	1	0	1	0	0
1978	BAL	P	8	0	3	0	0
1979	BAL	P	29	9	5	1	0
1980	BAL	P	64	4	9	0	0
1981	BAL	P	31	4	3	0	1
1982	BAL	P	50	2	6	1	0
1983	BAL	P	47	3	7	0	1
1984	CHN	P	58	4	8	1	0
1985	SDN	P	44	3	5	0	0
1986	SDN	P	30	1	7	1	1
1986	NYA	P	24	2	7	1	1
1987	NYA	P	57	8	8	1	0
1988	NYA	P	28	4	7	0	2
1989	CLE	P	14	0	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Tim Stoddard Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	485

Awards & Honors

Tim Stoddard — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1980	Pitcher of the Month	September

Salary History

Tim Stoddard — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1988	NYA	AL	$700,000
1987	NYA	AL	$775,000
1986	SDN	NL	$675,000
1985	SDN	NL	$556,250
Total Career Earnings			$2,706,250

College History

Tim Stoddard — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
North Carolina State University	Raleigh	NC	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

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Tim Stoddard: the record in brief

Tim Stoddard played a first major league game on September 7, 1975 and a last one on July 9, 1989. Club by club, the record runs the Chicago White Sox (1975), the Baltimore Orioles (1978 through 1983), the Chicago Cubs (1984), the San Diego Padres (1985 through 1986), the New York Yankees (1986 through 1988), and the Cleveland Indians (1989). Born on January 24, 1953, in East Chicago, IN, USA, Stoddard is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Stoddard's listed size is 230 pounds on a 6-foot-7 frame. On the record, Tim Stoddard was born Timothy Paul Stoddard.

Stoddard pitched in 485 games, starting 0, and finished with a 41-35 record and 3.95 ERA. The totals include 582 strikeouts and 76 saves. Stoddard's 3.95 ERA was close to the 3.85 league figure for those seasons. 1984 brought Stoddard a season-high 10 wins. The most saves in one season was 26, in 1980. 1979 was Stoddard's sharpest full season, a 1.71 ERA against the league's 4.00.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tim Stoddard

What years did Tim Stoddard play?: Tim Stoddard played in Major League Baseball from 1975 to 1989.
Was Tim Stoddard a pitcher?: Yes. Tim Stoddard pitched in the major leagues, recording 41 wins and 582 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tim Stoddard hit?: Tim Stoddard hit 1 career home runs with 2 hits.
What was Tim Stoddard's career batting average?: Tim Stoddard batted .100 over his career, with 2 hits in 20 at bats.
How many RBI did Tim Stoddard have?: Tim Stoddard drove in 1 runs in his career.
What was Tim Stoddard's career ERA?: Tim Stoddard finished with a 3.95 career ERA, going 41-35 with 582 strikeouts.