[1] He was named 1984 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year and graduated from Bradley with a Bachelor in Science in 1985.

[2] As part of the United States team in baseball at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, he pitched two innings against Italy; the U.S. won the game, 16–1.

[4] He made his major league debut on June 5, 1987, starting against the New York Mets and Dwight Gooden.

[6] Those numbers led to him finishing second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting to Benito Santiago.

[7] On April 21, 1989, he was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with minor leaguer Mark Merchant and Mike Walker to the Seattle Mariners for Rey Quiñones and Bill Wilkinson.