Manny Acosta

Manuel Alcides (Molina) Acosta

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 1, 1981 in Colon, Colon, Panama
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 2007
Teams (by GP): Mets/Braves 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$875k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.066, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Benny Quintero,Tom O'Connell [*]
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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
2000	19	NYY-min	Rk	4	2	.667	3.47	12	10	1	0	0	0	62.1	64	28	24	3	21	0	46	0	0	1	270		1.364	9.2	0.4	3.0	6.6	2.19	YNK · GULF
2001	20	NYY-min	A,A+	5	3	.625	2.11	12	12	0	1	1	0	72.2	44	21	17	3	43	0	75	2	2	11	298		1.197	5.4	0.4	5.3	9.3	1.74	GBO,TAM · SALL,FLOR
2002	21	NYY-min	A,A-	4	6	.400	5.88	16	13	0	0	0	0	67.1	85	56	44	4	52	0	47	1	0	9	327		2.035	11.4	0.5	7.0	6.3	0.90	GBO,STI · SALL,NYPL
2003	22	NYY-ATL-min	A,A+	2	8	.200	6.60	23	11	6	0	0	1	73.2	99	72	54	4	40	1	55	3	0	5	360		1.887	12.1	0.5	4.9	6.7	1.38	BTC,MYR · MIDW,CARL
2004	23	ATL-min	A+	4	0	1.000	4.24	11	0	4	0	0	0	23.1	20	12	11	1	11	0	21	1	0	3	102		1.329	7.7	0.4	4.2	8.1	1.91	MYR · CARL
2005	24	ATL-min	A+,Rk	2	2	.500	4.13	21	2	16	0	0	7	28.1	25	14	13	1	10	0	26	2	0	5	120		1.235	7.9	0.3	3.2	8.3	2.60	MYR,DAN · CARL,APPY
2006	25	ATL-min	AAA,AA	1	6	.143	3.30	51	0	42	0	0	21	60.0	45	23	22	5	47	6	57	6	0	0	272		1.533	6.8	0.8	7.0	8.6	1.21	RMD,MSS · IL,SOUL
2007	26	ATL-min	AAA	9	3	.750	2.26	40	0	30	0	0	12	59.2	46	18	15	0	35	3	56	0	3	1	247		1.358	6.9	0.0	5.3	8.4	1.60	RMD · IL
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	193	1.141	4.9	0.8	5.3	8.4	1.57
2008	27	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	17		1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	9.8	2.00	RMD · IL
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-min	AAA	1	3	.250	2.63	18	0	7	0	0	2	27.1	21	8	8	4	13	0	25	0	0	2	113		1.244	6.9	1.3	4.3	8.2	1.92	GWI · IL
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	96	1.714	10.8	1.0	4.6	7.7	1.68
2010	29	NYM-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.47	28	0	19	0	0	5	36.1	28	14	14	4	15	2	36	1	0	2	148		1.183	6.9	1.0	3.7	8.9	2.40	BFL · IL
2010	29	NYM	NL	3	2	.600	2.95	41	0	12	0	0	1	39.2	30	13	13	4	18	1	42	0	0	3	157	134	1.210	6.8	0.9	4.1	9.5	2.33
2011	30	NYM-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.77	20	0	16	0	0	4	20.1	13	6	4	0	17	0	27	0	0	1	89		1.475	5.8	0.0	7.5	12.0	1.59	BFL · IL
2011	30	NYM	NL	4	1	.800	3.45	44	0	15	0	0	4	47.0	50	21	18	6	15	0	46	2	0	0	204	106	1.383	9.6	1.1	2.9	8.8	3.07
2012	31	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	11.86	19	0	3	0	0	0	22.0	35	33	29	6	15	0	23	2	0	0	116	31	2.273	14.3	2.5	6.1	9.4	1.53
6 Yrs				13	12	.520	4.24	207	0	74	0	0	8	222.2	221	117	105	29	107	9	196	7	0	12	970	94	1.473	8.9	1.2	4.3	7.9	1.83
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.520	4.24	68	0	24	0	0	3	73	73	38	34	10	35	3	64	2	0	4	319	94	1.473	8.9	1.2	4.3	7.9	1.83

NYM (3 yrs)				8	5	.615	4.97	104	0	30	0	0	5	108.2	115	67	60	16	48	1	111	4	0	3	477	76	1.500	9.5	1.3	4.0	9.2	2.31
ATL (3 yrs)				5	7	.417	3.55	103	0	44	0	0	3	114.0	106	50	45	13	59	8	85	3	0	9	493	119	1.447	8.4	1.0	4.7	6.7	1.44

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2007	26	ATL	NL	23.2	21	0	6	2.28	4.92	0.25	-0.35	98.5	4.26	5	0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.7	8	.526	.503	$
2008	27	ATL	NL	53.0	46	0	25	4.25	4.63	0.19	-0.34	97.5	4.00	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.2	4	.498	.499	$392,500
2009	28	ATL	NL	37.1	36	0	19	4.58	4.58	-0.07	-0.34	99.4	4.29	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.1	0.1	2	.496	.499	$
2010	29	NYM	NL	39.2	41	0	13	2.95	4.46	0.13	-0.33	97.5	3.90	4	0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.6	8	.511	.503	$
2011	30	NYM	NL	47.0	44	0	21	4.02	4.19	-0.36	-0.32	95.0	4.03	-0	-0.0	1.2	-0.1	0.2	4	.500	.500	$
2012	31	NYM	NL	22.0	19	0	33	13.50	4.12	-0.60	-0.31	100.9	4.45	-22	-2.2	.9	0.1	-1.9	-20	.384	.486	$
6 Seasons				222.2	207	0	117	4.73	4.48	-0.05	-0.33	97.7	4.11	-16	-1.5	1.0	-0.3	-0.1	6	.493	.498	$392,500

NYM (3 yrs)				108.2	104	0	67	5.55	4.28	-0.23	-0.32	97.1	4.07	-19	-1.8	1.1	-0.1	-1.1	-8	.483	.496	$
ATL (3 yrs)				114.0	103	0	50	3.95	4.68	0.12	-0.34	98.3	4.15	3	0.3	.9	-0.2	1.0	14	.503	.501	$392,500

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
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	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	3
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	2
2010	29	NYM	NL	41	157	137	13	30	3	0	4	2	3	18	42	.219	.308	.328	.636	.283	45	4	0	1	1	1	0
2011	30	NYM	NL	44	204	186	21	50	10	1	6	5	3	15	46	.269	.328	.430	.759	.326	80	3	2	0	1	0	3
2012	31	NYM	NL	19	116	97	33	35	4	0	6	4	0	15	23	.361	.448	.588	1.036	.414	57	2	2	0	2	0	1
6 Yrs				207	970	843	117	221	36	3	29	26	7	107	196	.262	.348	.415	.763	.308	350	25	7	8	5	9	10
162 Game Avg.				68	319	277	38	73	12	1	10	9	2	35	64	.262	.348	.415	.763	.308	115	8	2	3	2	3	3
MLB Averages																.261	.329	.411	.740	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2007	26	ATL	NL	5.9	0.6	99	0.3	1.3	-1.0	.81	0.5	-0.1	5.9	0.6	0.81	5.3	5	4	11
2008	27	ATL	NL	3.0	0.3	240	-1.0	4.2	-5.2	1.15	-0.1	-0.8	2.0	0.2	1.15	1.1	15	4	27
2009	28	ATL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	184	-0.2	1.9	-2.1	.66	-0.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.66	-5.5	6	3	23
2010	29	NYM	NL	5.1	0.5	164	-0.2	2.4	-2.6	.82	0.6	-0.9	2.2	0.2	0.82	7.0	10	5	24
2011	30	NYM	NL	0.9	0.1	214	1.2	4.6	-3.4	1.22	-0.2	1.2	0.3	0.0	1.22	-2.1	15	9	18
2012	31	NYM	NL	-21.5	-2.1	121	-1.0	1.1	-2.1	.75	-1.0	-0.3	-18.7	-1.9	0.75	-13.9	4	3	12
6 Yrs				-7.1	-0.7	1022	-0.9	15.4	-16.4	.95	-0.8	-0.2	-8.3	-0.8	0.94	-8.1	55	28	115

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	.814	5	4	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	1.154	15	4	27	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	.664	6	3	23	10	4	22	9	27	9	10	9	8	3.1	19
2010	29	NYM	NL	41	41	12	3	2	3	1	2	33%	5	1	31	13	42%	7	.819	10	5	24	10	6	25	18	23	10	15	11	13	2.9	16
2011	30	NYM	NL	44	44	15	4	1	7	4	3	57%	14	7	17	7	41%	9	1.222	15	9	18	20	5	19	10	34	11	8	12	8	3.2	17
2012	31	NYM	NL	19	19	3	1	2	1	0	1	0%	2	1	9	3	33%	6	.751	4	3	12	5	3	11	6	13	8	8	8	4	3.5	23
6 Yrs				207	207	74	13	12	16	8	8	50%	37	19	100	33	33%		.945	55	28	115	74	31	102	56	151	58	55	63	47	3.2	18

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%
2007	26	ATL	NL	93	57%	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	55%	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	56%	2.3%	18.4%	10.9%	8.6%	33%	0.72	1.03	66%	19%	6.9%	16%	36	4	11%
2010	29	NYM	NL	157	71%	2.6%	26.8%	11.5%	4.5%	23%	0.75	0.95	59%	18%	8.7%	16%	30	4	13%
2011	30	NYM	NL	204	58%	2.9%	22.6%	7.4%	8.3%	34%	0.60	0.61	66%	21%	8.5%	19%	39	3	8%
2012	31	NYM	NL	116	53%	5.2%	19.8%	12.9%	8.6%	29%	0.57	0.79	60%	26%	13.3%	4%	33	2	6%
6 Yrs				970	58%	3.0%	20.2%	11.0%	7.0%	31%	0.82	1.07	64%	18%	9.5%	15%	203	25	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	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
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
2010	29	NYM	NL	158	638	4.04	377	59%	33%	18%	23%	26%	67%	1%	39%	73%	53%	7%	11	5	21%	33	16	1	43%	4	5	-1	0	0
2011	30	NYM	NL	205	753	3.67	487	65%	28%	18%	25%	29%	72%	0%	47%	75%	62%	4%	8	5	26%	54	33	5	20%	6	3	-1	0	0
2012	31	NYM	NL	116	443	3.82	261	59%	28%	21%	22%	29%	72%	0%	42%	71%	56%	5%	6	4	19%	22	12	2	30%	1	2	0	0	0
6 Yrs				972	3730	3.84	2237	60%	30%	18%	22%	30%	70%	2%	42%	74%	56%	6%	63	32	21%	205	111	14	29%	23	23	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		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
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
2010	29	NYM	NL	157	30	3	0	4	2	10	3	1	3	1	7	4	2	57%	0	3	0	53	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2011	30	NYM	NL	204	50	3	0	6	0	4	5	1	3	3	8	5	0	63%	3	0	0	82	5	3	63%	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
2012	31	NYM	NL	116	35	3	0	6	1	5	3	3	2	4	14	9	1	64%	1	0	1	52	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6 Yrs				970	221	14	0	29	3	45	17	12	16	13	63	33	9	52%	10	12	2	376	26	7	79%	24	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	20	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2007	26	1	1	.500	2.28	21	5	0	23.2	13	6	6	2	14	1	22	0	1	93	193	1.141	4.9	0.8	5.3	8.4	1.57	193
2008	27	4	6	.400	3.17	67	27	3	76.2	61	31	27	9	40	6	53	1	6	319	134	1.317	7.2	1.1	4.7	6.2	1.33	134
2009	28	5	7	.417	3.55	103	44	3	114.0	106	50	45	13	59	8	85	3	9	493	119	1.447	8.4	1.0	4.7	6.7	1.44	119
2010	29	8	9	.471	3.40	144	56	4	153.2	136	63	58	17	77	9	127	3	12	650	122	1.386	8.0	1.0	4.5	7.4	1.65	122
2011	30	12	10	.545	3.41	188	71	8	200.2	186	84	76	23	92	9	173	5	12	854	118	1.385	8.3	1.0	4.1	7.8	1.88	118
2012	31	13	12	.520	4.24	207	74	8	222.2	221	117	105	29	107	9	196	7	12	970	94	1.473	8.9	1.2	4.3	7.9	1.83	94

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	1	1	.500	2.45	22.0	13	7	6	2	14	20	0	1.227	5.3	5.7	8.2	1.43	0.8	21
2008	27	3	2	.600	3.78	50.0	48	23	21	7	26	29	1	1.480	8.6	4.7	5.2	1.12	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
2010	29	2	1	.667	3.50	36.0	31	16	14	4	19	38	0	1.389	7.8	4.8	9.5	2.00	1.0	41
2011	30	2	2	.500	4.09	44.0	53	22	20	6	16	43	2	1.568	10.8	3.3	8.8	2.69	1.2	44
2012	31	0	2	.000	14.40	20.0	37	36	32	6	16	21	2	2.650	16.7	7.2	9.5	1.31	2.7	19
6 Yrs		10	10	.500	4.80	208.0	227	124	111	29	110	182	7	1.620	9.8		7.9	1.65	1.3	207

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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