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David Aardsma \ARDS-mah\

David Allan Aardsma (twitter: @TheDA53)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 27, 1981 in Denver, CO
High School: Cherry Creek HS (Englewood, CO)
Schools: Rice University (Houston, TX), Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA)
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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/RedSox/Cubs/WhiteSox/Giants/... 2004-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$1M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.082, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Octagon, previously: Jamie Murphy [*]
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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
2003	21	SFG-min	A+	1	1	.500	1.96	18	0	12	0	0	8	18.1	14	4	4	2	7	0	28	0	0	0	74		1.145	6.9	1.0	3.4	13.7	4.00	SJO · CALL
2004	22	SFG-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.09	44	0	29	0	0	11	55.1	46	21	19	2	30	3	53	4	0	1	245		1.373	7.5	0.3	4.9	8.6	1.77	FRE · PCL
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	67	2.813	16.9	0.8	8.4	4.2	0.50

2005	23	CHC-SFG-min	AA	10	3	.769	3.44	42	11	8	0	0	2	96.2	92	39	37	5	45	3	73	4	0	3	414		1.417	8.6	0.5	4.2	6.8	1.62	WTN,NCH · SOUL,EL
2006	24	CHC-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.22	29	0	20	0	0	8	36.1	31	15	13	1	15	2	36	0	0	3	150		1.266	7.7	0.2	3.7	8.9	2.40	IWA · PCL
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-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.33	28	0	24	0	0	15	35.1	26	18	17	7	11	1	45	0	0	1	143		1.047	6.6	1.8	2.8	11.5	4.09	CHR · IL
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	74	1.732	10.9	1.1	4.7	10.0	2.12
2008	26	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	8		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	PAW · IL
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	84	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	169	1.164	6.2	0.5	4.3	10.1	2.35
2010	28	SEA	AL	0	6	.000	3.44	53	0	43	0	0	31	49.2	33	19	19	5	25	5	49	2	0	2	202	115	1.168	6.0	0.9	4.5	8.9	1.96

2011	29	SEA-min	AAA	0	1	.000	15.75	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	7	7	1	4	0	5	1	0	2	24		3.000	18.0	2.2	9.0	11.2	1.25	TAC · PCL
2012	30	NYY-min	Rk,A+,A-	0	1	.000	2.70	5	5	0	0	0	0	6.2	7	5	2	1	3	0	8	0	0	2	33		1.500	9.4	1.4	4.0	10.8	2.67	YNK,TAM,STI · GULF,FLOR,NYPL
2012	30	NYY	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	63	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2013	31	FLA-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.57	10	0	2	0	0	0	14.0	9	5	4	2	8	2	12	0	1	0	58		1.214	5.8	1.3	5.1	7.7	1.50	NOR · PCL
7 Yrs				13	15	.464	4.22	255	0	125	0	0	69	266.2	232	132	125	28	150	13	269	11	0	10	1168	105	1.433	7.8	0.9	5.1	9.1	1.79
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.464	4.22	68	0	33	0	0	18	71	62	35	33	7	40	3	72	3	0	3	311	105	1.433	7.8	0.9	5.1	9.1	1.79

SEA (2 yrs)				3	12	.200	2.90	126	0	96	0	0	69	121.0	82	42	39	9	59	8	129	2	0	4	498	143	1.165	6.1	0.7	4.4	9.6	2.19
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	67	2.813	16.9	0.8	8.4	4.2	0.50
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	63	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
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	84	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	74	1.732	10.9	1.1	4.7	10.0	2.12

AL (5 yrs)				9	15	.375	4.12	199	0	111	0	0	69	203.0	171	99	93	18	112	13	215	8	0	9	882	106	1.394	7.6	0.8	5.0	9.5	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	102	1.555	8.6	1.4	5.4	7.6	1.42

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2004	22	SFG	NL	10.2	11	0	8	6.75	5.02	-0.37	-0.37	99.2	4.98	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.480	.499	$300,000

2006	24	CHC	NL	53.0	45	0	25	4.25	4.78	-0.07	-0.35	104.0	4.68	3	0.3	.8	-0.1	0.6	7	.506	.502
2007	25	CHW	AL	32.1	25	0	24	6.68	5.01	-0.38	-0.37	103.2	5.18	-6	-0.5	1.4	-0.2	-0.4	-2	.478	.497	$387,500
2008	26	BOS	AL	48.2	47	0	32	5.92	4.81	0.12	-0.36	106.9	4.63	-8	-0.8	.8	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.483	.495	$403,250
2009	27	SEA	AL	71.1	73	0	23	2.90	4.93	0.38	-0.36	95.0	3.98	8	0.8	1.9	0.2	1.7	16	.511	.505	$419,000
2010	28	SEA	AL	49.2	53	0	19	3.44	4.51	0.05	-0.34	92.9	3.82	2	0.2	2.0	-0.0	0.7	7	.503	.501	$2,750,000

2012	30	NYY	AL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	4.18	-0.05	-0.31	108.0	4.24	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	-0.0	-0	.447	.500	$500,000
7 Seasons				266.2	255	0	132	4.46	4.81	0.06	-0.36	99.8	4.40	-4	-0.4	1.4	-0.3	2.1	26	.499	.500	$4,759,750

SEA (2 yrs)				121.0	126	0	42	3.12	4.76	0.25	-0.36	94.1	3.91	10	1.0	1.9	0.1	2.4	24	.508	.503	$3,169,000
CHC (1 yr)				53.0	45	0	25	4.25	4.78	-0.07	-0.35	104.0	4.68	3	0.3	.8	-0.1	0.6	7	.506	.502
SFG (1 yr)				10.2	11	0	8	6.75	5.02	-0.37	-0.37	99.2	4.98	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.480	.499	$300,000
NYY (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	1	9.00	4.18	-0.05	-0.31	108.0	4.24	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	-0.0	-0	.447	.500	$500,000
BOS (1 yr)				48.2	47	0	32	5.92	4.81	0.12	-0.36	106.9	4.63	-8	-0.8	.8	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.483	.495	$403,250
CHW (1 yr)				32.1	25	0	24	6.68	5.01	-0.38	-0.37	103.2	5.18	-6	-0.5	1.4	-0.2	-0.4	-2	.478	.497	$387,500

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2003	21	SFG-min	A+	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SJO · CALL
2004	22	SFG-min	AAA	44	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		FRE · PCL
2004	22	SFG	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2005	23	CHC-SFG-min	AA	42	13	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.182	.273		2	1	0	2	0	0		WTN,NCH · SOUL,EL
2006	24	CHC-min	AAA	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0		IWA · PCL
2006	24	CHC	NL	45	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2007	25	CHW-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CHR · IL
2007	25	CHW	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	26	BOS-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
2008	26	BOS	AL	47	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	27	SEA	AL	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	28	SEA	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2011	29	SEA-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
2012	30	NYY-min	A-,Rk,A+	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		STI,YNK,TAM · NYPL,GULF,FLOR
2012	30	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2013	31	FLA-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NOR · PCL
7 Yrs				255	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

SEA (2 yrs)				126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				45	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				47	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				199	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				56	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2004	22	SFG	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$300,000	1

2006	24	CHC	NL	45	3	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		1
2007	25	CHW	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$387,500	1
2008	26	BOS	AL	47	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$403,250	1
2009	27	SEA	AL	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$419,000	1
2010	28	SEA	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$2,750,000	1

2012	30	NYY	AL	1		0	0	0	0	0	0					.500	.500		0.0		$500,000	/1
7 Seasons				255	4	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$4,759,750

SEA (2 yrs)				126	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$3,169,000
CHC (1 yr)				45	3	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0
SFG (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$300,000
NYY (1 yr)				1		0	0	0	0	0	0					.500	.500		0.0		$500,000
BOS (1 yr)				47	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$403,250
CHW (1 yr)				25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$387,500

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
2004	SFG	NL	22	P	11	10.2	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-19	0.00	0.00		1.86	1.82	2	0	0%	28%
2006	CHC	NL	24	P	45	53.0	6	1	5	0	1	1.000	-1	-4	1.02	0.13	.958	1.72	1.71	5	0	0%	28%
2007	CHW	AL	25	P	25	32.1	7	2	4	1	0	.857	-2	-12	1.67	0.24	.954	1.59	1.59	0	0
2008	BOS	AL	26	P	47	48.2	9	3	6	0	0	1.000	1	4	1.66	0.19	.952	1.61	1.59	2	0	0%	27%
2009	SEA	AL	27	P	73	71.1	7	2	5	0	1	1.000	0	0	0.88	0.10	.953	1.53	1.51	2	2	50%	26%
2010	SEA	AL	28	P	53	49.2	6	2	3	1	0	.833	0	0	0.91	0.09	.953	1.63	1.61	2	1	33%	26%
2012	NYY	AL	30	P	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.60	0	0
	7 Seasons			P	255	266.2	35	10	23	2	2	.943	-3	-2	1.11	0.13	.954	1.62	1.60	13	3	19%	27%
	7 Seasons			TOT	255	266.2	35	10	23	2	2	.943	-3	-13	1.11	0.13	.954	1.62	1.60	13	3	19%	27%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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) 2010 AL 31 (7th) Active 69 (32nd) Career 69 (203rd)	Games Finished s c a p y 2009 AL 53 (7th) 2010 AL 43 (9th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2009 AL 3.2 (10th)

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

Saves s c a p y
2009 AL  38 (4th)
2010 AL  31 (7th)
Active  69 (32nd)
Career  69 (203rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
2009 AL 53 (7th)
2010 AL 43 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 AL 3.2 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 9 (1032), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (964th), 2.2 career WAR/2.2 7yr-peak WAR/2.2 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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Transactions

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 2003.
May 28, 2005: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jerome Williams to the Chicago Cubs for LaTroy Hawkins and cash.
November 16, 2006: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Carlos Vasquez (minors) to the Chicago White Sox for Neal Cotts.
January 28, 2008: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Boston Red Sox for Willy Mota (minors) and Miguel Socolovich.
January 20, 2009: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Fabian Williamson (minors).
October 31, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
February 22, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
April 4, 2013: Released by the New York Yankees.
April 13, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the Miami Marlins.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	22	San Francisco Giants	$300,000	4/7/04 AP

2007	25	Chicago White Sox	$387,500
2008	26	Boston Red Sox	$403,250
2009	27	Seattle Mariners	$419,000
2010	28	Seattle Mariners	$2,750,000
2011	29	Seattle Mariners	$4,500,000
2012	30	New York Yankees	$500,000	contracts
2013	31	New York Yankees	$500,000
2013 Status		Signed thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$9,759,750

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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