David Cone
1986–2003 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, NLS, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays
358G
.155AVG
.192OBP
.177SLG
More career statistics
64H
0HR
22RBI
0SB
194–126W–L
2,898.2IP
2,668K
3.47ERA
419GS
1SV
18Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 358 | 451 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 358 | 470 | 412 | 28 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 73 | .155 | .192 | .177 | .369 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,898.7 | 450 | 419 | 56 | 194 | 126 | 1 | 2,504 | 1,222 | 1,116 | 258 | 1,137 | 2,668 | 0 | 0 | 3.47 | 1.256 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1989-04-14 to 1989-04-30
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Perfect Game | 1999-07-18 | 1 in 9,814 games | box score ↗ |
| 84 | 18-Strikeout Game | 1991-10-06 | 1 in 6,639 games | box score ↗ |
| 69 | 16 strikeouts | 1997-06-23 | 1 in 7,982 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 217 | 208 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 46 | .172 | .192 | .199 |
| Away | 234 | 262 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 45 | .142 | .153 | .159 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | .160 | .172 | .160 |
| May | 77 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | .101 | .138 | .116 |
| June | 73 | 82 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | .222 | .232 | .278 |
| July | 69 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | .141 | .141 | .169 |
| August | 75 | 81 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .183 | .198 | .183 |
| September | 79 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .116 | .123 | .145 |
| October | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 26 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | .218 | .210 | .236 |
| montreal-expos | 26 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .232 | .246 | .250 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 24 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .154 | .178 | .179 |
| toronto-blue-jays | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| texas-rangers | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| detroit-tigers | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| athletics | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| cleveland-guardians | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  Kansas City Royals | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 21 |
| 1987 |  New York Mets | 21 | 31 | 2 | – | – | – | .065 | 99 | 68 |
| 1988 | New York Mets | 35 | 80 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .150 | 231 | 213 |
| 1989 | New York Mets | 34 | 77 | 18 | – | 4 | – | .234 | 219 | 190 |
| 1990 | New York Mets | 32 | 70 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .200 | 211 | 233 |
| 1991 | New York Mets | 34 | 72 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .125 | 232 | 241 |
| 1992 | New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays | 35 | 65 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .092 | 249 | 261 |
| 1993 | Kansas City Royals | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 254 | 191 |
| 1994 | Kansas City Royals | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 171 | 132 |
| 1995 | New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 229 | 191 |
| 1996 |  New York Yankees | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 72 | 71 |
| 1997 | New York Yankees | 29 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 195 | 222 |
| 1998 | New York Yankees | 31 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 207 | 209 |
| 1999 | New York Yankees | 31 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .333 | 193 | 177 |
| 2000 | New York Yankees | 30 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 155 | 120 |
| 2001 |  Boston Red Sox | 25 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 135 | 115 |
| 2003 | New York Mets | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 18 | 13 |