What years did Todd Worrell play?

Todd Worrell played in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 1997.

Was Todd Worrell a pitcher?

Yes. Todd Worrell pitched in the major leagues, recording 50 wins and 628 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Todd Worrell hit?

Todd Worrell hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.

What was Todd Worrell's career batting average?

Todd Worrell batted .074 over his career, with 2 hits in 27 at bats.

What was Todd Worrell's career ERA?

Todd Worrell finished with a 3.09 career ERA, going 50-52 with 628 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Todd Worrell have?

Todd Worrell recorded 628 career strikeouts.

Todd Worrell

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1985-1997)

Todd Worrell was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 1997 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 13 seasons. Across 617 career appearances, he went 50-52 with a 3.09 ERA, 628 strikeouts, and 256 saves. Todd Worrell was a 3-time All-Star, a Rookie of the Year, and a Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 12458.7.

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 50–52

ERA 3.09

WHIP 1.23

SO 628

Pitcher PIV 12458.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 215 lb
Born: 9/28/1959 in Arcadia, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1985-08-28
Last Game: 1997-09-25
Awards: 3× All-Star · Rookie of the Year · Reliever of the Year

Full name: Todd Roland Worrell

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Career Pitching Statistics

Todd Worrell — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
50	52	617	0	0	0	256	693.2	608	238	65	247	628	3.09	12458.7

Career ERA 3.09 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 25.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Todd Worrell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1985	SLN	NL	3	0	17	5	21.2	17	7	7	17	2.91	3.89 (+25%)	331.4
1986	SLN	NL	9	10	74	36	103.2	86	24	41	73	2.08	3.97 (+48%)	703.5
1987	SLN	NL	8	6	75	33	94.2	86	28	34	92	2.66	4.29 (+38%)	2871.4
1988	SLN	NL	5	9	68	32	90.0	69	30	34	78	3.00	3.73 (+20%)	1192.1
1989	SLN	NL	3	5	47	20	51.2	42	17	26	41	2.96	3.71 (+20%)	24.1
1992	SLN	NL	5	3	67	3	64.0	45	15	25	64	2.11	3.75 (+44%)	1509.3
1993	LAN	NL	1	1	35	5	38.2	46	26	11	31	6.05	4.19 (-44%)	-62.8
1994	LAN	NL	6	5	38	11	42.0	37	20	12	44	4.29	4.51 (+5%)	1386.5
1995	LAN	NL	4	1	59	32	62.1	50	14	19	61	2.02	4.45 (+55%)	2380.5
1996	LAN	NL	4	6	72	44	65.1	70	22	15	66	3.03	4.61 (+34%)	2787.9
1997	LAN	NL	2	6	65	35	59.2	60	35	23	61	5.28	4.39 (-20%)	-665.3
Career · 11 seasons			50	52	617	256	693.2	608	238	247	628	3.09	—	12,459

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

Todd Worrell — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
617	27	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	20	.074	.107	.148	.255	0

Career AVG .074 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 71.7% below league average.

Career OBP .107 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 67.5% below league average.

Career SLG .148 vs. league average .402 across their career seasons — 63.1% below league average.

Career OPS .255 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 65.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Todd Worrell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	3B	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1985	SLN	NL	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	SLN	NL	74	7	0	1	1	0	5	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	SLN	NL	75	10	0	1	0	0	6	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	SLN	NL	68	6	1	0	0	1	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	SLN	NL	47	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	SLN	NL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	LAN	NL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	LAN	NL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	LAN	NL	59	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	LAN	NL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	LAN	NL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			617	27	1	2	1	1	20	.074	—	—	—	—	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

Todd Worrell — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Todd Worrell — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1996	NLDS1	LAN	1	0	0	.000
1987	NLCS	SLN	3	1	1	.000
1987	WS	SLN	4	0	0	.000
1985	NLCS	SLN	4	0	0	.000
1985	WS	SLN	3	1	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Todd Worrell — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	15	0	4	23.1	18	5	10	19	1.93

Playoff Pitching by Year

Todd Worrell — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1996	NLDS1	LAN	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	0.00
1987	NLCS	SLN	0	0	3	1	4.1	4	1	1	6	2.08
1987	WS	SLN	0	0	4	2	7.0	6	1	4	3	1.29
1985	NLCS	SLN	1	0	4	0	6.1	4	1	2	3	1.42
1985	WS	SLN	0	1	3	1	4.2	4	2	2	6	3.86

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Todd Worrell — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	315	13	1	1	0	0	.077
Away	302	14	0	1	0	0	.071

Pitching — Home / Away

Todd Worrell — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	315	360.2	285	117	116	320	2.92
Away	302	333.0	323	121	131	308	3.27

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Todd Worrell — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1997-09-25	LAD	COL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1997-09-18	LAD	SFG	—	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0
1997-09-15	LAD	STL	—	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	1
1997-09-14	LAD	HOU	SV	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1997-09-13	LAD	HOU	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1997-09-07	LAD	MIA	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1997-09-05	LAD	MIA	SV	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1997-09-02	LAD	TEX	L	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0
1997-08-31	LAD	SEA	L	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0
1997-08-27	LAD	PIT	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Todd Worrell — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	4	0	0	0	0	0
P	617	0	30	82	4	9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Todd Worrell — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1985	SLN	P	17	3	0	0	0
1986	SLN	OF	2	0	0	0	0
1986	SLN	P	74	5	8	2	0
1987	SLN	OF	1	0	0	0	0
1987	SLN	P	75	0	17	0	0
1988	SLN	P	68	3	10	0	4
1989	SLN	OF	1	0	0	0	0
1989	SLN	P	47	0	11	0	1
1992	SLN	P	67	2	2	0	0
1993	LAN	P	35	1	4	0	0
1994	LAN	P	38	3	3	0	0
1995	LAN	P	59	6	11	0	2
1996	LAN	P	72	3	6	1	0
1997	LAN	P	65	4	10	1	2

Career Games by Position

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Todd Worrell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	617
Right Field	4

Awards & Honors

Todd Worrell — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1986	Pitcher of the Month	July
1986	Player of the Week	Week of 1986-07-25
1986	Reliever of the Year Award
1986	Rookie of the Year
1986	TSN Fireman of the Year
1986	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Todd Worrell — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1997	LAN	NL	$3,750,000
1996	LAN	NL	$4,000,000
1995	LAN	NL	$4,666,667
1994	LAN	NL	$2,416,667
1993	LAN	NL	$2,416,666
1992	SLN	NL	$790,000
1991	SLN	NL	$660,000
1990	SLN	NL	$825,000
1989	SLN	NL	$875,000
1988	SLN	NL	$200,000
1987	SLN	NL	$170,000
1986	SLN	NL	$100,000
Total Career Earnings			$20,870,000

College History

Todd Worrell — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Biola University	La Mirada	CA	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

Award Voting History

Todd Worrell — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1996	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	4.0	140	0
1996	Most Valuable Player	NL	21th	3.0	392	0
1986	Most Valuable Player	NL	16th	7.0	336	0
1986	Rookie of the Year	NL	1st	118.0	120	23

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Todd Worrell: the record in brief

Todd Worrell played a first major league game on August 28, 1985 and a last one on September 25, 1997. Club by club, the record runs the St. Louis Cardinals (1985 through 1992) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (1993 to 1997). Worrell, born on September 28, 1959, in Arcadia, CA, USA, is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 215 pounds on a 6-foot-5 frame. Todd Worrell was the playing name; the full given name is Todd Roland.

Worrell went 50-52 with a 3.09 ERA in 617 games, 0 of them starts. Worrell had 628 strikeouts and 256 saves. Against a 4.13 league ERA for the same years, Worrell was 25.3% better. Worrell won 9 games in 1986, the most of any season listed. Worrell struck out 92 batters in 1987, a career high. Worrell saved 44 games in 1996, the season high. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.02 in 1995, when the league's was 4.45.

Frequently Asked Questions about Todd Worrell

What years did Todd Worrell play?: Todd Worrell played in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 1997.
Was Todd Worrell a pitcher?: Yes. Todd Worrell pitched in the major leagues, recording 50 wins and 628 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Todd Worrell hit?: Todd Worrell hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.
What was Todd Worrell's career batting average?: Todd Worrell batted .074 over his career, with 2 hits in 27 at bats.
What was Todd Worrell's career ERA?: Todd Worrell finished with a 3.09 career ERA, going 50-52 with 628 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Todd Worrell have?: Todd Worrell recorded 628 career strikeouts.