David Aardsma
David Allan Aardsma
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 27, 1981 in Denver, CO
High School: Cherry Creek (Englewood, CO)
School: Rice University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 29, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2004 22 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 6.75 11 0 5 0 0 0 10.2 20 8 8 1 10 0 5 2 0 0 61 65 2.813 16.9 0.8 8.4 4.2 0.50
2006 24 CHC NL 3 0 1.000 4.08 45 0 9 0 0 0 53.0 41 25 24 9 28 0 49 1 0 1 225 114 1.302 7.0 1.5 4.8 8.3 1.75
2007 25 CHW AL 2 1 .667 6.40 25 0 7 0 0 0 32.1 39 24 23 4 17 3 36 1 0 2 151 73 1.732 10.9 1.1 4.7 10.0 2.12
2008 26 BOS AL 4 2 .667 5.55 47 0 7 0 0 0 48.2 49 32 30 4 35 2 49 5 0 3 228 83 1.726 9.1 0.7 6.5 9.1 1.40
2009 27 SEA AL 3 6 .333 2.52 73 0 53 0 0 38 71.1 49 23 20 4 34 3 80 0 0 2 296 172 1.164 6.2 0.5 4.3 10.1 2.35
5 Seasons 13 9 .591 4.38 201 0 81 0 0 38 216.0 198 112 105 22 124 8 219 9 0 8 961 103 1.491 8.3 0.9 5.2 9.1 1.77
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .591 4.38 68 0 27 0 0 13 73 67 38 36 7 42 3 74 3 0 3 325 103 1.491 8.3 0.9 5.2 9.1 1.77
CHC (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 4.08 45 0 9 0 0 0 53.0 41 25 24 9 28 0 49 1 0 1 225 114 1.302 7.0 1.5 4.8 8.3 1.75
SFG (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.75 11 0 5 0 0 0 10.2 20 8 8 1 10 0 5 2 0 0 61 65 2.813 16.9 0.8 8.4 4.2 0.50
SEA (1 yr) 3 6 .333 2.52 73 0 53 0 0 38 71.1 49 23 20 4 34 3 80 0 0 2 296 172 1.164 6.2 0.5 4.3 10.1 2.35
BOS (1 yr) 4 2 .667 5.55 47 0 7 0 0 0 48.2 49 32 30 4 35 2 49 5 0 3 228 83 1.726 9.1 0.7 6.5 9.1 1.40
CHW (1 yr) 2 1 .667 6.40 25 0 7 0 0 0 32.1 39 24 23 4 17 3 36 1 0 2 151 73 1.732 10.9 1.1 4.7 10.0 2.12
AL (3 yrs) 9 9 .500 4.31 145 0 67 0 0 38 152.1 137 79 73 12 86 8 165 6 0 7 675 104 1.464 8.1 0.7 5.1 9.7 1.92
NL (2 yrs) 4 0 1.000 4.52 56 0 14 0 0 0 63.2 61 33 32 10 38 0 54 3 0 1 286 101 1.555 8.6 1.4 5.4 7.6 1.42

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 22 SFG NL 11 61 48 8 20 5 0 1 2 0 10 5 .417 .525 .583 1.108 .442 28 1 2 0 1 0
2006 24 CHC NL 45 225 192 25 41 5 0 9 5 0 28 49 .214 .313 .380 .693 .234 73 2 1 1 3 0
2007 25 CHW AL 25 151 130 24 39 6 3 4 0 0 17 36 .300 .383 .485 .867 .385 63 1 1 2 1 3
2008 26 BOS AL 47 228 183 32 49 15 1 4 2 0 35 49 .268 .396 .426 .822 .341 78 4 5 3 2 2
2009 27 SEA AL 73 295 258 23 49 9 0 4 2 2 34 80 .190 .283 .271 .555 .257 70 2 0 2 1 3
5 Seasons 201 960 811 112 198 40 4 22 11 2 124 219 .244 .348 .385 .732 .304 312 10 9 8 8 8
162 Game Avg. 68 325 274 38 67 14 1 7 4 1 42 74 .244 .348 .385 .732 .304 106 3 3 3 3 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2004 22 SFG NL 11 11 5 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 8 3 38% 7 0.722 2 1 8 2 0 9 5 6 4 5 4 2 2.9 21
2006 24 CHC NL 45 45 9 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 5 25% 7 0.700 5 16 24 8 5 32 15 30 16 16 18 11 3.5 21
2007 25 CHW AL 25 25 7 2 1 3 0 3 0% 6 3 16 6 38% 7 1.092 10 4 11 10 4 11 8 17 13 3 13 4 3.9 24
2008 26 BOS AL 47 47 7 4 2 1 0 1 0% 5 4 32 13 41% 6 0.734 10 12 25 14 6 27 18 29 13 12 17 7 3.1 21
2009 27 SEA AL 73 73 53 3 6 42 38 4 90% 48 6 3 0 0% 9 2.181 51 11 11 55 14 4 2 71 2 7 2 25 2.9 17
5 Seasons 201 201 81 13 9 47 38 9 81% 66 18 79 27 34% 1.227 78 44 79 89 29 83 48 153 48 43 54 49 3.2 20

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2004 22 SFG NL 61 41% 1.6% 8.2% 16.4% 9.8% 30% 0.57 0.93 70% 27% 3.8% 7% 15 1 7%
2006 24 CHC NL 225 33% 4.0% 21.8% 12.4% 6.2% 34% 0.60 0.76 61% 18% 10.7% 8% 37 2 5%
2007 25 CHW AL 151 39% 2.7% 23.8% 11.3% 8.6% 33% 0.61 0.74 60% 19% 8.3% 19% 27 1 4%
2008 26 BOS AL 228 45% 1.8% 21.5% 15.4% 8.8% 41% 0.76 1.16 58% 17% 6.3% 17% 44 4 9%
2009 27 SEA AL 296 52% 1.4% 27.1% 11.5% 4.4% 27% 0.35 0.38 59% 23% 3.5% 14% 54 2 4%
5 Seasons 961 43% 2.3% 22.8% 12.9% 6.9% 33% 0.55 0.69 60% 20% 6.6% 13% 177 10 6%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 22 SFG NL 61 234 3.84 134 57% 28% 6% 33% 33% 72% 0% 41% 92% 56% 3% 2 1 15% 9 3 1 40% 0 1 0 0 0
2006 24 CHC NL 225 962 4.28 600 62% 23% 17% 35% 25% 77% 0% 48% 77% 56% 4% 9 6 26% 59 25 4 18% 4 3 0 0 0
2007 25 CHW AL 151 608 4.03 364 60% 26% 17% 30% 27% 74% 5% 44% 77% 54% 5% 8 2 18% 27 11 1 25% 3 3 0 0 0
2008 26 BOS AL 228 971 4.26 573 59% 22% 20% 34% 24% 78% 1% 46% 75% 54% 7% 15 9 25% 57 22 0 24% 7 4 0 0 0
2009 27 SEA AL 296 1267 4.28 775 61% 25% 21% 31% 23% 75% 2% 46% 72% 55% 5% 15 7 22% 66 32 3 20% 10 5 0 0 1
5 Seasons 961 4042 4.21 2446 61% 24% 18% 33% 25% 76% 2% 46% 76% 55% 5% 49 25 23% 218 93 9 22% 24 16 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2004 22 SFG NL 61 20 3 0 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 6 3 1 50% 0 0 0 29 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 24 CHC NL 225 41 5 0 9 0 6 7 2 6 3 9 4 3 44% 1 1 0 88 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007 25 CHW AL 151 39 6 0 4 0 12 4 0 1 3 18 5 6 28% 0 2 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 26 BOS AL 228 49 9 2 4 0 13 4 0 3 1 17 5 4 29% 1 3 0 90 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2009 27 SEA AL 296 49 3 0 4 0 9 3 1 3 1 5 4 0 80% 2 2 1 107 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 961 198 26 2 22 0 46 19 3 14 8 55 21 14 38% 4 8 1 366 11 2 85% 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2004 22 1 0 1.000 6.75 11 0 5 0 0 0 10.2 20 8 8 1 10 0 5 2 0 0 61 65 2.813 16.9 0.8 8.4 4.2 0.50 65
2005 23 1 0 1.000 6.75 11 0 5 0 0 0 10.2 20 8 8 1 10 0 5 2 0 0 61 65 2.813 16.9 0.8 8.4 4.2 0.50 65
2006 24 4 0 1.000 4.52 56 0 14 0 0 0 63.2 61 33 32 10 38 0 54 3 0 1 286 101 1.555 8.6 1.4 5.4 7.6 1.42 101
2007 25 6 1 .857 5.16 81 0 21 0 0 0 96.0 100 57 55 14 55 3 90 4 0 3 437 90 1.615 9.4 1.3 5.2 8.4 1.64 90
2008 26 10 3 .769 5.29 128 0 28 0 0 0 144.2 149 89 85 18 90 5 139 9 0 6 665 87 1.652 9.3 1.1 5.6 8.6 1.54 87
2009 27 13 9 .591 4.38 201 0 81 0 0 38 216.0 198 112 105 22 124 8 219 9 0 8 961 103 1.491 8.3 0.9 5.2 9.1 1.77 103

Neutralized Pitching

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2004 22 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 19 9 8 1 10 5 2 2.900 17.1 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.9 11
2006 24 3 2 .600 3.81 52.0 40 24 22 9 27 48 1 1.288 6.9 4.7 8.3 1.78 1.6 45
2007 25 1 2 .333 5.91 32.0 38 23 21 4 17 36 1 1.719 10.7 4.8 10.1 2.12 1.1 25
2008 26 2 3 .400 5.36 47.0 47 31 28 4 34 47 5 1.723 9.0 6.5 9.0 1.38 0.8 47
2009 27 5 2 .714 2.70 70.0 50 23 21 4 35 79 0 1.214 6.4 4.5 10.2 2.26 0.5 73
5 Seasons 11 10 .524 4.27 211.0 194 110 100 22 123 215 9 1.502 8.3 9.2 1.75 0.9 201

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL--73--7th

Saves s c a p y
2009 AL--38--4th

Games Finished s c a p y
2009 AL--53--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  6. Sean Green (973)
  7. Phil Hennigan (972)
  8. Lance Carter (971)
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  5. Doug Bochtler (969)
  6. John Strohmayer (968)
  7. Aaron Heilman (967)
  8. Wes Gardner (967)
  9. Willis Roberts (966)
  10. Chris Ray (964)
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