Manny Acosta
Manuel Alcides (Molina) Acosta
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 1, 1981 in Colon, Panama
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 2007
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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
2007 26 ATL NL 1 1 .500 2.28 21 0 5 0 0 0 23.2 13 6 6 2 14 1 22 0 0 1 93 191 1.141 4.9 0.8 5.3 8.4 1.57
2008 27 ATL NL 3 5 .375 3.57 46 0 22 0 0 3 53.0 48 25 21 7 26 5 31 1 0 5 226 118 1.396 8.2 1.2 4.4 5.3 1.19
2009 28 ATL NL 1 1 .500 4.34 36 0 17 0 0 0 37.1 45 19 18 4 19 2 32 2 0 3 174 95 1.714 10.8 1.0 4.6 7.7 1.68
3 Seasons 5 7 .417 3.55 103 0 44 0 0 3 114.0 106 50 45 13 59 8 85 3 0 9 493 118 1.447 8.4 1.0 4.7 6.7 1.44
162 Game Avg. 3 5 .417 3.55 68 0 29 0 0 2 75 70 33 30 9 39 5 56 2 0 6 325 118 1.447 8.4 1.0 4.7 6.7 1.44

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
2007 26 ATL NL 21 93 79 6 13 1 0 2 4 0 14 22 .165 .290 .253 .543 .200 20 5 0 0 0 1
2008 27 ATL NL 46 226 194 25 48 8 1 7 7 0 26 31 .247 .338 .407 .745 .261 79 7 1 4 1 5
2009 28 ATL NL 36 174 150 19 45 10 1 4 4 1 19 32 .300 .386 .460 .846 .360 69 4 2 3 0 2
3 Seasons 103 493 423 50 106 19 2 13 15 1 59 85 .251 .346 .397 .743 .285 168 16 3 7 1 8
162 Game Avg. 68 325 279 33 70 13 1 9 10 1 39 56 .251 .346 .397 .743 .285 111 11 2 5 1 5
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
2007 26 ATL NL 21 21 5 1 1 0 0 0 5 4 10 4 40% 7 0.833 5 5 11 7 3 11 5 16 5 2 6 3 3.4 18
2008 27 ATL NL 46 46 22 3 5 5 3 2 60% 9 4 13 2 15% 9 1.178 16 5 25 22 10 14 8 38 15 12 17 11 3.5 18
2009 28 ATL NL 36 36 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 20 4 20% 7 0.692 6 5 23 10 4 22 9 27 9 10 9 8 3.1 19
3 Seasons 103 103 44 5 7 5 3 2 60% 16 10 43 10 23% 0.941 27 15 59 39 17 47 22 81 29 24 32 22 3.3 18

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%
2007 26 ATL NL 93 43% 2.2% 23.7% 15.1% 3.2% 23% 1.48 2.00 59% 12% 10.5% 17% 20 5 25%
2008 27 ATL NL 226 45% 3.1% 13.7% 11.5% 7.1% 33% 1.14 1.56 69% 13% 10.8% 14% 45 7 16%
2009 28 ATL NL 174 44% 2.3% 18.4% 10.9% 8.6% 33% 0.72 1.05 66% 19% 6.9% 16% 36 4 11%
3 Seasons 493 44% 2.6% 17.2% 12.0% 6.9% 32% 1.02 1.44 66% 15% 9.2% 15% 101 16 16%
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
2007 26 ATL NL 93 384 4.13 227 59% 33% 20% 22% 25% 67% 3% 40% 70% 57% 6% 6 3 26% 24 11 0 23% 3 2 0 0 0
2008 27 ATL NL 226 846 3.74 492 58% 31% 16% 18% 34% 69% 5% 40% 77% 50% 11% 25 13 18% 40 20 3 35% 3 7 0 0 0
2009 28 ATL NL 174 666 3.83 393 59% 29% 17% 24% 31% 71% 3% 42% 77% 57% 4% 7 2 18% 32 19 3 22% 6 4 0 0 0
3 Seasons 493 1896 3.85 1112 59% 31% 17% 21% 31% 69% 4% 41% 75% 54% 8% 38 18 19% 96 50 6 27% 12 13 0 0 0
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
2007 26 ATL NL 93 13 1 0 2 0 6 0 2 1 1 8 3 3 38% 1 1 0 32 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2008 27 ATL NL 226 48 2 0 7 0 8 3 4 4 3 14 6 1 43% 3 5 1 84 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 28 ATL NL 174 45 2 0 4 0 12 3 1 3 1 12 6 2 50% 2 3 0 73 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 Seasons 493 106 5 0 13 0 26 6 7 8 5 34 15 6 44% 6 9 1 189 15 1 94% 14 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 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+
2007 26 1 1 .500 2.28 21 0 5 0 0 0 23.2 13 6 6 2 14 1 22 0 0 1 93 191 1.141 4.9 0.8 5.3 8.4 1.57 191
2008 27 4 6 .400 3.17 67 0 27 0 0 3 76.2 61 31 27 9 40 6 53 1 0 6 319 134 1.317 7.2 1.1 4.7 6.2 1.33 134
2009 28 5 7 .417 3.55 103 0 44 0 0 3 114.0 106 50 45 13 59 8 85 3 0 9 493 118 1.447 8.4 1.0 4.7 6.7 1.44 118

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2007 26 2 0 1.000 1.96 23.0 12 6 5 2 13 21 0 1.087 4.7 5.1 8.2 1.62 0.8 21
2008 27 3 2 .600 3.78 50.0 49 23 21 7 27 29 1 1.520 8.8 4.9 5.2 1.07 1.3 46
2009 28 2 2 .500 4.50 36.0 45 20 18 4 19 31 2 1.778 11.3 4.8 7.8 1.63 1.0 36
3 Seasons 7 4 .636 3.63 109.0 106 49 44 13 59 81 3 1.514 8.8 6.7 1.37 1.1 103

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  8. Ricky Stone (982)
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