Kurt Ainsworth

Kurt Harold Ainsworth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: September 9, 1978 in Baton Rouge, LA
High School: Catholic HS (Baton Rouge, LA)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 2001
Teams (by GP): Giants/Orioles 2001-2004

Final Game: May 14, 2004
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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
1999	20	SFG-min	A-	3	3	.500	1.61	10	10	0	1	0	0	44.2	34	18	8	1	18	0	64	3	0	3	187		1.164	6.9	0.2	3.6	12.9	3.56	SKZ · NORW
2000	21	SFG-min	AA	10	9	.526	3.30	28	28	0	0	0	0	158.0	138	67	58	12	63	3	130	3	1	7	667		1.272	7.9	0.7	3.6	7.4	2.06	SHV · TL
2001	22	SFG-min	AAA	10	9	.526	5.07	27	26	0	0	0	0	149.0	139	91	84	22	54	1	157	7	0	10	634		1.295	8.4	1.3	3.3	9.5	2.91	FRE · PCL
2001	22	SFG	NL	0	0		13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	12	35	2.500	13.5	4.5	9.0	13.5	1.50
2002	23	SFG-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.41	20	19	0	1	0	0	116.0	101	49	44	7	43	0	119	3	1	5	477		1.241	7.8	0.5	3.3	9.2	2.77	FRE · PCL
2002	23	SFG	NL	1	2	.333	2.10	6	4	0	0	0	0	25.2	22	7	6	1	12	0	15	1	0	1	108	187	1.325	7.7	0.4	4.2	5.3	1.25
2003	24	SFG-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	10		2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	FRE · PCL
2003	24	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	4.08	14	11	2	0	0	0	68.1	72	34	31	8	27	0	52	1	0	2	298	104	1.449	9.5	1.1	3.6	6.8	1.93
2003	24	SFG	NL	5	4	.556	3.82	11	11	0	0	0	0	66.0	66	31	28	7	26	0	48	1	0	2	283	111	1.394	9.0	1.0	3.5	6.5	1.85
2003	24	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	11.57	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	6	3	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	15	44	3.000	23.1	3.9	3.9	15.4	4.00
2004	25	BAL-min	A-,AAA	0	1	.000	4.22	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	9	5	5	1	4	0	14	1	0	1	44		1.219	7.6	0.8	3.4	11.8	3.50	ADN,OTT · NYPL,IL
2004	25	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	9.68	7	7	0	0	0	0	30.2	39	34	33	6	20	0	20	5	0	4	151	47	1.924	11.4	1.8	5.9	5.9	1.00
2005		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
4 Yrs				6	8	.429	5.19	29	22	4	0	0	0	126.2	136	78	73	16	61	0	90	8	0	7	569	82	1.555	9.7	1.1	4.3	6.4	1.48
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.429	5.19	39	29	5	0	0	0	169	181	104	97	21	81	0	120	11	0	9	759	82	1.555	9.7	1.1	4.3	6.4	1.48

SFG (3 yrs)				6	6	.500	3.56	19	15	2	0	0	0	93.2	91	41	37	9	40	0	66	3	0	3	403	117	1.399	8.7	0.9	3.8	6.3	1.65
BAL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	9.82	10	7	2	0	0	0	33.0	45	37	36	7	21	0	24	5	0	4	166	47	2.000	12.3	1.9	5.7	6.5	1.14

NL (3 yrs)				6	6	.500	3.56	19	15	2	0	0	0	93.2	91	41	37	9	40	0	66	3	0	3	403	117	1.399	8.7	0.9	3.8	6.3	1.65
AL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	9.82	10	7	2	0	0	0	33.0	45	37	36	7	21	0	24	5	0	4	166	47	2.000	12.3	1.9	5.7	6.5	1.14

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
2001	22	SFG	NL	2.0	2	0	3	13.50	4.82	0.04	-0.36	82.0	3.63	-2	-0.2	.0	0.1	-0.1	-2	.399	.499	$
2002	23	SFG	NL	25.2	6	4	7	2.45	4.37	0.24	0.09	86.4	3.65	3	0.4	.1	-0.0	0.5	6	.560	.502	$200,000
2003	24	SFG	NL	66.0	11	11	31	4.23	4.49	0.22	0.17	98.1	4.35	1	0.1		-0.0	0.5	7	.506	.500	$302,000
2003	24	BAL	AL	2.1	3	0	3	11.57	6.11	-0.01	-0.46	103.9	5.88	-1	-0.1	.8	0.0	-0.1	-1	.454	.499	$
2004	25	BAL	AL	30.2	7	7	34	9.98	4.95	-0.19	0.19	98.1	5.23	-16	-1.3		-0.0	-1.0	-12	.313	.492	$315,000
4 Seasons				126.2	29	22	78	5.54	4.61	0.12	0.14	95.6	4.44	-16	-1.2	.4	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.458	.498	$817,000

SFG (3 yrs)				93.2	19	15	41	3.94	4.46	0.22	0.14	94.5	4.14	2	0.2	.0	0.0	0.9	11	.512	.500	$502,000
BAL (2 yrs)				33.0	10	7	37	10.09	5.03	-0.18	0.14	98.5	5.28	-18	-1.4	.8	-0.0	-1.1	-13	.355	.496	$315,000

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
2001	22	SFG	NL	2	12	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.333	.500	.667	1.167	.400	6	0	1	0	0	0	0
2002	23	SFG	NL	6	108	93	7	22	3	1	1	2	1	12	15	.237	.330	.323	.653	.273	30	2	1	2	0	0	1
2003	24	TOT	MLB	14	298	266	34	72	15	1	8	3	2	27	52	.271	.338	.425	.763	.308	113	5	1	2	2	0	4
2003	24	BAL	AL	3	15	14	3	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	.429	.467	.714	1.181	.556	10	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	24	SFG	NL	11	283	252	31	66	14	1	7	3	2	26	48	.262	.331	.409	.740	.296	103	5	1	2	2	0	3
2004	25	BAL	AL	7	151	122	34	39	7	2	6	1	1	20	20	.320	.430	.557	.987	.337	68	4	5	2	2	0	0
4 Yrs				29	569	490	78	136	25	4	16	6	4	61	90	.278	.364	.443	.807	.309	217	11	8	6	4	0	5
162 Game Avg.				39	759	653	104	181	33	5	21	8	5	81	120	.278	.364	.443	.807	.309	289	15	11	8	5	0	7
MLB Averages																.264	.333	.423	.756	.295

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
2001	22	SFG	NL	-2.0	-0.2	12	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.01	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.01	-1.9	0	1
2002	23	SFG	NL	5.3	0.6	111	0.2	2.0	-1.8	.94	0.2	-0.0	5.0	0.5	0.94	2.5	0	2
2003	24	TOT	MLB	1.2	0.1	307	0.3	5.5	-5.3	1.00	0.0	0.3	3.0	0.3	1.00	-1.5	1	1
2003	24	SFG	NL	2.7	0.3	292	0.6	5.5	-4.9	1.04	0.1	0.5	5.3	0.5	1.04	0.9	0	0
2003	24	BAL	AL	-1.6	-0.2	15	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	.20	-0.1	-1.6	-2.3	-0.2	0.20	-2.5	1	1
2004	25	BAL	AL	-16.5	-1.4	156	-1.3	2.6	-3.8	1.18	-0.8	-0.3	-16.0	-1.4	1.18	-10.2	0	0
4 Yrs				-12.0	-0.9	586	-0.8	10.1	-10.9	1.02	-0.6	-0.2	-10.1	-0.7	1.02	-11.1	1	4

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
2002	23	SFG	NL	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	1	25%	53.5	69	42	0	0	0	3	3.4	2.8	5.4	90	0	4	0	0	97
2003	24	TOT	MLB	14	11	5	4	2	1	0	7	4	.636	1	0	0	0	6	55%		70	25	11	5	0	5	4.4	4.7	6.0	96	2	4	5	0	106
2003	24	SFG	NL	11	11	5	4	2	1	0	7	4	.636	1	0	0	0	6	55%	50.9	70	25	9	5	0	5	4.4	4.7	6.0	96	2	4	5	0	106
2004	25	BAL	AL	7	7	0	1	6	0	0	4	3	.571	0	3	0	0	2	29%	34.9	64	5	3	1	0	4	6.0	4.3	4.4	79	3	3	1	0	109
3 Yrs				24	22	6	7	9	1	0	13	9	.591	1	4	0	0	9	41%	46	70	5	12	6	0	12	4.8	4.3	5.4	89	5	11	6	0	109
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-9					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2001	22	SFG	NL	2	2	2	0	9	.007	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	3.0	25
2002	23	SFG	NL	6	2	0	0	5	.939	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	6.0	32
2003	24	TOT	MLB	14	3	2	1		.999	1	1	0	1	2	3	1	1	1	2.3	17
2003	24	BAL	AL	3	3	2	1	7	.203	1	1	0	1	2	3	1	1	1	2.3	17
3 Yrs				11	7	4	1		.774	1	4	1	1	5	7	2	1	2	3.6	24

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%
2001	22	SFG	NL	12	58%	8.3%	25.0%	16.7%	8.3%	33%	0.67	2.00	42%	33%	33.3%	0%	3	0	0%
2002	23	SFG	NL	108	37%	0.9%	13.9%	11.1%	4.6%	23%	0.85	1.10	71%	21%	2.7%	10%	27	2	7%
2003	24	TOT	MLB	298	59%	2.7%	17.5%	9.1%	8.1%	33%	0.91	1.21	70%	21%	7.7%	7%	41	5	12%
2003	24	SFG	NL	283	59%	2.5%	17.0%	9.2%	7.8%	33%	0.94	1.23	70%	20%	7.2%	8%	34	5	15%
2003	24	BAL	AL	15	67%	6.7%	26.7%	6.7%	13.3%	33%	0.43	0.50	60%	40%	14.3%	0%	7	0	0%
2004	25	BAL	AL	151	45%	4.0%	13.3%	13.3%	9.9%	39%	0.70	0.92	65%	19%	11.5%	13%	32	4	13%
4 Yrs				569	51%	2.8%	15.8%	10.7%	7.9%	33%	0.84	1.11	68%	21%	8.2%	9%	103	11	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.2%	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
2001	22	SFG	NL	12	50	4.17	30	60%	23%	33%	23%	20%	77%	0%	46%	57%	67%	0%	0	0	17%	2	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
2002	23	SFG	NL	108	425	3.94	255	60%	30%	13%	25%	31%	70%	0%	42%	81%	54%	7%	8	6	20%	22	12	0	47%	1	2	0	0	0
2003	24	TOT	MLB	298	1107	3.71	697	63%	30%	14%	25%	31%	70%	0%	44%	81%	63%	3%	10	5	18%	55	19	2	33%	9	5	0	0	0
2003	24	SFG	NL	283	1055	3.73	664	63%	30%	13%	26%	31%	70%	0%	44%	82%	63%	4%	10	5	18%	52	18	2	33%	8	5	0	0	0
2003	24	BAL	AL	15	52	3.47	33	63%	30%	27%	12%	30%	70%	0%	44%	61%	73%	0%	0	0	20%	3	1	0	25%	1	0	0	0	0
2004	25	BAL	AL	151	551	3.65	310	56%	28%	15%	22%	34%	72%	0%	40%	79%	58%	8%	12	7	12%	18	5	0	25%	0	5	0	0	0
4 Yrs				569	2133	3.75	1292	61%	29%	14%	25%	32%	71%	0%	43%	80%	60%	5%	30	18	17%	97	37	2	32%	10	12	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
2001	22	SFG	NL	12	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	23	SFG	NL	108	22	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	9	2	1	22%	1	1	0	43	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2003	24	TOT	MLB	298	72	5	1	8	0	5	6	2	4	4	11	6	2	55%	4	2	1	103	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0
2003	24	SFG	NL	283	66	5	1	7	0	5	6	1	4	3	9	5	1	56%	3	2	1	94	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0
2003	24	BAL	AL	15	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	50%	1	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	25	BAL	AL	151	39	5	1	6	1	7	2	4	5	1	12	10	1	83%	0	4	0	59	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
4 Yrs				569	136	13	2	16	1	14	9	7	11	5	32	18	4	56%	5	7	1	212	6	4	60%	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	14	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2001	22	0	0		13.50	2	0	2	2.0	3	3	3	1	2	3	1	0	12	35	2.500	13.5	4.5	9.0	13.5	1.50	35
2002	23	1	2	.333	2.93	8	4	2	27.2	25	10	9	2	14	18	2	1	120	136	1.410	8.1	0.7	4.6	5.9	1.29	136
2003	24	6	7	.462	3.75	22	15	4	96.0	97	44	40	10	41	70	3	3	418	111	1.438	9.1	0.9	3.8	6.6	1.71	111
2004	25	6	8	.429	5.19	29	22	4	126.2	136	78	73	16	61	90	8	7	569	82	1.555	9.7	1.1	4.3	6.4	1.48	82

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2001	22	0	0		13.50	2.0	3	3	3	1	2	3	1	2.500	13.5	9.0	13.5	1.50	4.5	2
2002	23	1	1	.500	2.25	24.0	22	7	6	1	12	14	1	1.417	8.3	4.5	5.3	1.17	0.4	6
2003	24	3	4	.429	4.09	66.0	71	33	30	8	27	50	1	1.485	9.7	3.7	6.8	1.85	1.1	14
2004	25	0	3	.000	9.93	29.0	39	36	32	6	20	19	5	2.034	12.1	6.2	5.9	0.95	1.9	7
4 Yrs		4	8	.333	5.28	121.0	135	79	71	16	61	86	8	1.620	10.0		6.4	1.41	1.2	29

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