Kurt Ainsworth
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: September 9, 1978 in Baton Rouge, LA
High School: Catholic (Baton Rouge, LA)
School: Louisiana State University
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
Final Game: May 14, 2004
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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
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 30 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 13.5 1.50
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 1 108 184 1.325 7.7 0.4 4.2 5.3 1.25
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 2 298 103 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 2 283 110 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 39 3.000 23.1 3.9 3.9 15.4 4.00
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
4 Seasons 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 3 403 115 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 3 403 115 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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 29 569 490 78 136 25 4 16 6 4 61 90 .278 .364 .443 .807 .309 217 11 8 6 4 0
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 54 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% 51 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% 35 64 5 3 1 0 4 6.0 4.3 4.4 79 3 3 1 0 109
3 Seasons 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

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
2001 22 SFG NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.012 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 25
2002 23 SFG NL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.929 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0 32
2003 24 TOT MLB 14 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.995 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 2.3 17
2003 24 BAL AL 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.205 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 2.3 17
3 Seasons 11 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.767 1 0 5 1 1 5 0 7 2 1 2 0 3.6 24

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%
2001 22 SFG NL 12 42% 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 63% 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 41% 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 41% 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 33% 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 55% 4.0% 13.3% 13.3% 9.9% 39% 0.70 0.92 65% 19% 11.5% 13% 32 4 13%
4 Seasons 569 49% 2.8% 15.8% 10.7% 7.9% 33% 0.84 1.11 68% 21% 8.2% 9% 103 11 11%
MLB Averages

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
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 Seasons 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

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
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 Seasons 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

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+
2001 22 0 0 13.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 12 30 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 13.5 1.50 30
2002 23 1 2 .333 2.93 8 4 2 0 0 0 27.2 25 10 9 2 14 0 18 2 0 1 120 132 1.410 8.1 0.7 4.6 5.9 1.29 132
2003 24 6 7 .462 3.75 22 15 4 0 0 0 96.0 97 44 40 10 41 0 70 3 0 3 418 110 1.438 9.1 0.9 3.8 6.6 1.71 110
2004 25 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 82

Neutralized Pitching

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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
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 9.60 30.0 38 36 32 6 19 20 5 1.900 11.4 5.7 6.0 1.05 1.8 7
4 Seasons 4 8 .333 5.24 122.0 134 79 71 16 60 87 8 1.590 9.9 6.4 1.45 1.2 29

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