Alfredo Aceves    \a-SEV-es\

Alfredo Aceves (Ace)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 8, 1982 in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico
Signed
by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 2008 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Yankees 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.65M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.001, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: O'Connell Sports Management [*]
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Standard Pitching

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
2008 25 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 2.40 6 4 1 0 0 0 30.0 25 8 8 4 10 0 16 0 0 1 120 185 1.167 7.5 1.2 3.0 4.8 1.60
2009 26 NYY AL 10 1 .909 3.54 43 1 10 0 0 1 84.0 69 36 33 10 16 2 69 5 0 0 337 131 1.012 7.4 1.1 1.7 7.4 4.31
2010 27 NYY AL 3 0 1.000 3.00 10 0 2 0 0 1 12.0 10 5 4 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 53 148 1.167 7.5 0.8 3.0 1.5 0.50
2011 28 BOS AL 10 2 .833 2.61 55 4 15 0 0 2 114.0 84 37 33 8 42 1 80 15 2 1 474 165 1.105 6.6 0.6 3.3 6.3 1.90
2012 29 BOS AL 2 10 .167 5.36 69 0 55 0 0 25 84.0 80 51 50 11 31 2 75 6 1 3 361 80 1.321 8.6 1.2 3.3 8.0 2.42
2013 30 BOS AL 1 1 .500 8.66 5 3 1 0 0 0 17.2 25 18 17 6 12 0 14 0 2 0 89 52 2.094 12.7 3.1 6.1 7.1 1.17
6 Yrs 27 14 .659 3.82 188 12 84 0 0 29 341.2 293 155 145 40 115 6 256 27 5 5 1434 115 1.194 7.7 1.1 3.0 6.7 2.23
162 Game Avg. 9 5 .659 3.82 64 4 29 0 0 10 116 100 53 49 14 39 2 87 9 2 2 488 115 1.194 7.7 1.1 3.0 6.7 2.23
NYY (3 yrs) 14 1 .933 3.21 59 5 13 0 0 2 126.0 104 49 45 15 30 3 87 6 0 1 510 142 1.063 7.4 1.1 2.1 6.2 2.90
BOS (3 yrs) 13 13 .500 4.17 129 7 71 0 0 27 215.2 189 106 100 25 85 3 169 21 5 4 924 103 1.270 7.9 1.0 3.5 7.1 1.99

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 Awards
2008 25 NYY AL 30.0 6 4 8 2.40 4.79 -0.24 0.06 104.9 5.34 9 1.0 .7 -0.1 1.3 13 .672 .506
2009 26 NYY AL 84.0 43 1 36 3.86 4.89 -0.15 -0.34 103.3 4.85 9 0.9 1.4 -0.1 1.7 19 .520 .505 $406,750
2010 27 NYY AL 12.0 10 0 5 3.75 4.32 0.35 -0.33 105.6 3.85 0 0.0 1.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .500 .500 $435,650
2011 28 BOS AL 114.0 55 4 37 2.92 4.47 0.20 -0.25 104.3 4.20 16 1.7 1.1 -0.2 2.7 28 .531 .511 $650,000
2012 29 BOS AL 84.0 69 0 51 5.46 4.54 0.28 -0.34 103.9 4.08 -13 -1.3 1.5 -0.5 -1.0 -4 .481 .492 $1,200,000
2013 30 BOS AL 17.2 5 3 18 9.17 4.62 0.19 0.05 103.4 4.64 -9 -0.8 .5 0.0 -0.6 -7 .338 .495 $2,650,000
6 Seasons 341.2 188 12 155 4.08 4.62 0.10 -0.25 104.0 4.44 12 1.4 1.3 -0.9 4.2 49 .508 .501 $5,342,400
NYY (3 yrs) 126.0 59 5 49 3.50 4.81 -0.12 -0.24 103.9 4.87 18 1.9 1.3 -0.2 3.1 33 .532 .504 $842,400
BOS (3 yrs) 215.2 129 7 106 4.42 4.51 0.23 -0.26 104.1 4.19 -6 -0.5 1.3 -0.7 1.1 16 .496 .499 $4,500,000

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 26 NYY AL ALDS W MIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2009 26 NYY AL ALCS W LAA 0 1 .000 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 3.750 20.3 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
2009 26 NYY AL WS W PHI 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1 Yr (3 Series) 0 1 .000 4.15 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 20 1.846 10.4 0.0 6.2 4.2 0.67
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 3.750 20.3 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
2008 25 NYY AL 6 120 110 8 25 5 0 4 2 2 10 16 .227 .292 .382 .673 .233 42 3 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 NYY AL 43 337 313 36 69 14 0 10 10 2 16 69 .220 .268 .361 .629 .250 113 5 5 1 2 2 4
2010 27 NYY AL 10 53 48 5 10 1 0 1 3 0 4 2 .208 .283 .292 .575 .200 14 0 1 0 0 1 2
2011 28 BOS AL 55 474 411 37 84 24 0 8 9 0 42 80 .204 .299 .321 .621 .233 132 9 15 3 3 1 4
2012 29 BOS AL 69 361 315 51 80 18 1 11 6 1 31 75 .254 .326 .422 .748 .292 133 4 6 2 7 2 0
2013 30 BOS AL 5 89 76 18 25 5 0 6 2 0 12 14 .329 .416 .632 1.047 .333 48 0 0 0 1 0 1
6 Yrs 188 1434 1273 155 293 67 1 40 32 5 115 256 .230 .305 .379 .683 .256 482 21 27 6 13 6 11
162 Game Avg. 64 488 433 53 100 23 0 14 11 2 39 87 .230 .305 .379 .683 .256 164 7 9 2 4 2 4
MLB Averages .258 .326 .408 .734 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 25 NYY AL 7.1 0.7 125 0.7 2.1 -1.4 .82 0.6 0.3 7.4 0.8 0.82 5.9 0 1 1
2009 26 NYY AL 9.6 0.9 348 2.1 7.0 -5.0 1.08 1.7 0.2 13.4 1.3 1.08 16.3 16 12 13
2010 27 NYY AL 1.5 0.2 56 0.5 0.9 -0.4 .82 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.1 0.82 1.3 2 5 3
2011 28 BOS AL 20.0 2.0 488 1.9 8.3 -6.4 .94 1.1 0.9 23.2 2.3 0.94 13.3 14 15 22
2012 29 BOS AL -7.5 -0.8 375 -2.8 8.2 -10.9 1.46 -0.6 -1.3 -9.1 -0.9 1.46 -4.2 33 9 25
2013 30 BOS AL -7.7 -0.7 93 -0.5 1.1 -1.6 .87 -0.7 0.2 -10.5 -0.9 0.87 -8.4 0 1 1
6 Yrs 23.1 2.4 1485 1.9 27.6 -25.8 1.09 2.1 -0.4 25.3 2.7 1.09 24.2 65 43 65

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2008 25 NYY AL 6 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 3 75% 54.0 65 33 1 0 0 2 8.0 8.6 5.8 86 1 3 0 0 92
2009 26 NYY AL 43 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 18 7 1 0 6.0 11.3 3.3 65 1 0 0 0 65
2011 28 BOS AL 55 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 1 25% 45.2 62 21 16 6 0 0 7.2 6.6 5.3 90 1 3 0 0 98
2013 30 BOS AL 5 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.3 48 15 2 0 0 2 2.9 4.8 4.4 88 1 1 1 0 106
4 Yrs 109 12 3 2 7 1 0 7 5 .583 1 1 0 0 4 33% 45 65 15 37 13 1 4 6.3 7.3 5.1 86 4 7 1 0 106
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 101 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

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
2008 25 NYY AL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 .818 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 10.5 58
2009 26 NYY AL 43 42 10 10 1 2 1 1 50% 7 5 30 8 27% 6 1.076 16 12 13 16 7 19 15 27 29 5 29 7 5.8 28
2010 27 NYY AL 10 10 2 3 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 6 1 17% 8 .821 2 5 3 4 2 4 5 5 5 3 6 2 3.6 19
2011 28 BOS AL 55 51 15 9 1 5 2 3 40% 16 11 29 11 38% 7 .942 14 15 22 25 5 21 19 32 27 9 28 10 5.5 28
2012 29 BOS AL 69 69 55 2 10 33 25 8 76% 33 0 23 8 35% 9 1.463 33 9 25 45 7 17 15 54 17 5 19 18 3.7 21
2013 30 BOS AL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 .867 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 6.5 34
6 Yrs 188 176 84 24 12 41 29 12 71% 58 17 93 31 33% 1.085 65 43 65 91 21 64 57 119 81 23 85 37 4.8 25

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2008 25 NYY AL 120 44% 3.3% 13.3% 8.3% 7.5% 36% 0.66 0.71 75% 20% 8.5% 16% 26 3 12%
2009 26 NYY AL 337 52% 3.0% 20.5% 4.8% 7.1% 35% 0.54 0.74 70% 21% 7.8% 18% 41 5 12%
2010 27 NYY AL 53 62% 1.9% 3.8% 7.6% 3.8% 20% 1.00 1.00 85% 17% 5.3% 17% 10 0 0%
2011 28 BOS AL 474 56% 1.7% 16.9% 8.9% 6.8% 38% 0.67 0.79 69% 12% 5.1% 22% 84 9 11%
2012 29 BOS AL 361 47% 3.1% 20.8% 8.6% 8.3% 38% 0.63 0.88 65% 18% 9.1% 19% 69 4 6%
2013 30 BOS AL 89 30% 6.7% 15.7% 13.5% 12.4% 44% 0.85 0.95 64% 24% 20.0% 9% 19 0 0%
6 Yrs 1434 50% 2.8% 17.9% 8.0% 7.5% 37% 0.65 0.81 69% 17% 8.0% 19% 249 21 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.6% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.81 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2008 25 NYY AL 121 461 3.81 301 65% 24% 16% 29% 31% 76% 0% 50% 79% 58% 5% 6 4 32% 39 25 1 19% 3 2 -1 0 0
2009 26 NYY AL 338 1245 3.68 832 67% 26% 16% 28% 30% 74% 2% 49% 78% 62% 2% 8 5 26% 87 50 7 25% 9 1 -1 0 0
2010 27 NYY AL 53 192 3.62 126 66% 34% 4% 25% 37% 66% 6% 43% 94% 68% 4% 2 1 26% 14 11 1 50% 2 1 0 0 0
2011 28 BOS AL 474 1769 3.73 1121 63% 26% 14% 30% 30% 74% 0% 47% 82% 54% 5% 22 10 22% 103 68 7 23% 12 11 0 0 0
2012 29 BOS AL 362 1419 3.92 946 67% 26% 17% 31% 26% 74% 2% 49% 77% 61% 4% 15 10 31% 111 83 8 19% 12 3 -1 0 0
2013 30 BOS AL 89 333 3.74 203 61% 33% 11% 25% 31% 67% 0% 41% 83% 54% 9% 8 6 24% 21 15 2 43% 8 2 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1437 5419 3.77 3529 65% 27% 15% 29% 29% 73% 1% 48% 80% 58% 4% 61 36 26% 375 252 26 23% 46 20 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2008 25 NYY AL 120 25 3 0 4 0 2 1 3 1 3 3 1 1 33% 0 1 0 44 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 26 NYY AL 337 69 5 0 10 0 14 7 3 5 5 18 6 4 33% 4 0 1 95 10 2 83% 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2010 27 NYY AL 53 10 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 25 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 28 BOS AL 474 84 9 0 8 0 14 5 3 3 5 24 9 6 38% 4 1 1 187 9 0 100% 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2012 29 BOS AL 361 80 7 3 11 0 7 5 6 8 3 19 11 3 58% 0 3 1 131 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
2013 30 BOS AL 89 25 3 1 6 0 5 1 5 2 4 4 3 1 75% 1 0 0 35 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Yrs 1434 293 28 4 40 0 43 20 20 20 20 68 30 15 44% 11 5 3 517 32 5 86% 28 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 33 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2008 25 1 0 1.000 2.40 6 4 1 0 0 0 30.0 25 8 8 4 10 0 16 0 0 1 120 185 1.167 7.5 1.2 3.0 4.8 1.60 185
2009 26 11 1 .917 3.24 49 5 11 0 0 1 114.0 94 44 41 14 26 2 85 5 0 1 457 141 1.053 7.4 1.1 2.1 6.7 3.27 141
2010 27 14 1 .933 3.21 59 5 13 0 0 2 126.0 104 49 45 15 30 3 87 6 0 1 510 142 1.063 7.4 1.1 2.1 6.2 2.90 142
2011 28 24 3 .889 2.93 114 9 28 0 0 4 240.0 188 86 78 23 72 4 167 21 2 2 984 152 1.083 7.1 0.9 2.7 6.3 2.32 152
2012 29 26 13 .667 3.56 183 9 83 0 0 29 324.0 268 137 128 34 103 6 242 27 3 5 1345 124 1.145 7.4 0.9 2.9 6.7 2.35 124
2013 30 27 14 .659 3.82 188 12 84 0 0 29 341.2 293 155 145 40 115 6 256 27 5 5 1434 115 1.194 7.7 1.1 3.0 6.7 2.23 115

Neutralized Pitching

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
2008 25 2 1 .667 2.57 28.0 25 9 8 4 10 15 0 1.250 8.0 3.2 4.8 1.50 1.3 6
2009 26 5 4 .556 3.36 83.0 67 34 31 10 16 68 5 1.000 7.3 1.7 7.4 4.25 1.1 43
2010 27 1 0 1.000 2.77 13.0 10 4 4 1 4 2 1 1.077 6.9 2.8 1.4 0.50 0.7 10
2011 28 8 4 .667 2.68 111.0 84 37 33 8 42 78 15 1.135 6.8 3.4 6.3 1.86 0.6 55
2012 29 3 6 .333 5.67 81.0 81 57 51 11 31 72 6 1.383 9.0 3.4 8.0 2.32 1.2 69
2013 30 0 1 .000 9.00 17.0 25 19 17 6 12 14 0 2.176 13.2 6.4 7.4 1.17 3.2 5
6 Yrs 19 16 .543 3.89 333.0 292 160 144 40 115 249 27 1.222 7.9 6.7 2.17 1.1 188

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
2012 AL  25 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2011 AL  15 (2nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
2012 AL  55 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2152), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (596th), 4.7 career WAR/4.7 7yr-peak WAR/4.7 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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