Armando Almanza
Armando Almanza
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 26, 1972 in ElPaso, TX
High School: Bellaire (El Paso, TX)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 21st round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1999
Final Game: July 20, 2005
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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
1999 26 FLA NL 0 1 .000 1.72 14 0 2 0 0 0 15.2 8 4 3 1 9 1 20 1 1 0 64 252 1.085 4.6 0.6 5.2 11.5 2.22
2000 27 FLA NL 4 2 .667 4.86 67 0 8 0 0 0 46.1 38 27 25 3 43 6 46 2 0 1 216 91 1.748 7.4 0.6 8.4 8.9 1.07
2001 28 FLA NL 2 2 .500 4.83 52 0 8 0 0 0 41.0 34 24 22 8 26 1 45 0 0 2 178 88 1.463 7.5 1.8 5.7 9.9 1.73
2002 29 FLA NL 3 2 .600 4.34 51 0 10 0 0 2 45.2 36 22 22 8 23 1 57 0 1 2 190 93 1.292 7.1 1.6 4.5 11.2 2.48
2003 30 FLA NL 4 5 .444 6.08 51 0 15 0 0 0 50.1 59 37 34 10 25 2 49 2 1 2 230 69 1.669 10.5 1.8 4.5 8.8 1.96
2004 31 ATL NL 1 1 .500 6.17 13 0 5 0 0 0 11.2 9 8 8 3 7 2 13 1 1 0 54 70 1.371 6.9 2.3 5.4 10.0 1.86
2005 32 ARI NL 0 0 2.25 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 19 197 2.000 11.3 2.3 6.8 4.5 0.67
7 Seasons 14 13 .519 4.82 254 0 49 0 0 2 214.2 189 123 115 34 136 13 232 6 4 8 951 88 1.514 7.9 1.4 5.7 9.7 1.71
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .519 4.82 68 0 13 0 0 1 57 51 33 31 9 36 3 62 2 1 2 255 88 1.514 7.9 1.4 5.7 9.7 1.71
FLA (5 yrs) 13 12 .520 4.79 235 0 43 0 0 2 199.0 175 114 106 30 126 11 217 5 3 7 878 88 1.513 7.9 1.4 5.7 9.8 1.72
ARI (1 yr) 0 0 2.25 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 19 197 2.000 11.3 2.3 6.8 4.5 0.67
ATL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.17 13 0 5 0 0 0 11.2 9 8 8 3 7 2 13 1 1 0 54 70 1.371 6.9 2.3 5.4 10.0 1.86

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
1999 26 FLA NL 14 64 52 4 8 1 0 1 1 1 9 20 .154 .286 .231 .516 .219 12 1 1 1 1 1
2000 27 FLA NL 67 216 167 27 38 12 1 3 4 3 43 46 .228 .388 .365 .753 .292 61 2 2 2 2 6
2001 28 FLA NL 52 178 148 24 34 9 0 8 2 5 26 45 .230 .339 .453 .792 .265 67 2 0 1 3 1
2002 29 FLA NL 51 190 161 22 36 6 2 8 1 2 23 57 .224 .316 .435 .750 .283 70 4 0 3 3 1
2003 30 FLA NL 51 230 199 37 59 10 0 10 4 1 25 49 .296 .376 .497 .873 .343 99 5 2 1 3 2
2004 31 ATL NL 13 54 45 8 9 2 1 3 5 0 7 13 .200 .315 .489 .804 .200 22 0 1 0 1 2
2005 32 ARI NL 6 19 16 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 .313 .421 .625 1.046 .308 10 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 254 951 788 123 189 42 4 34 17 12 136 232 .240 .351 .433 .784 .290 341 15 6 8 13 13
162 Game Avg. 68 255 211 33 51 11 1 9 5 3 36 62 .240 .351 .433 .784 .290 91 4 2 2 3 3
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
1999 26 FLA NL 14 14 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 17 2 12% 7 1.447 6 2 6 4 2 8 9 5 5 5 6 3 3.4 16
2000 27 FLA NL 67 67 8 4 2 4 0 4 0% 20 13 65 22 34% 8 1.208 29 11 26 27 13 27 41 26 9 42 13 14 2.1 13
2001 28 FLA NL 52 52 8 2 2 2 0 2 0% 15 12 34 7 21% 8 0.989 21 6 23 15 7 30 20 32 9 25 9 14 2.4 14
2002 29 FLA NL 51 51 10 3 2 4 2 2 50% 17 12 26 4 15% 7 1.089 22 6 22 27 7 17 15 36 5 16 8 10 2.7 16
2003 30 FLA NL 51 51 15 4 5 2 0 2 0% 9 6 20 1 5% 8 0.935 16 8 26 19 11 21 15 36 10 14 11 12 3.0 19
2004 31 ATL NL 13 13 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 17% 7 0.533 1 5 7 1 1 11 4 9 2 4 2 1 2.7 18
2005 32 ARI NL 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 5 2 40% 8 0.719 3 0 3 4 0 2 3 3 1 4 1 2 2.0 12
7 Seasons 254 254 49 14 13 13 2 11 15% 69 49 173 39 23% 1.045 98 38 113 97 41 116 107 147 41 110 50 56 2.5 16

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%
1999 26 FLA NL 64 64% 1.6% 31.3% 14.1% 3.1% 25% 0.39 0.67 50% 26% 5.0% 13% 16 1 6%
2000 27 FLA NL 216 58% 1.4% 21.3% 19.9% 7.4% 42% 0.45 0.48 56% 22% 4.4% 18% 46 2 4%
2001 28 FLA NL 178 56% 4.5% 25.3% 14.6% 9.6% 50% 0.38 0.52 55% 24% 14.8% 22% 39 2 5%
2002 29 FLA NL 190 62% 4.2% 30.0% 12.1% 8.4% 44% 0.43 0.64 52% 22% 14.0% 15% 39 4 10%
2003 30 FLA NL 230 66% 4.4% 21.3% 10.9% 8.7% 34% 0.56 0.98 62% 23% 11.6% 10% 63 5 8%
2004 31 ATL NL 54 46% 5.6% 24.1% 13.0% 11.1% 67% 0.43 0.69 56% 6% 14.3% 9% 7 0 0%
2005 32 ARI NL 19 58% 5.3% 10.5% 15.8% 15.8% 60% 0.40 0.67 68% 21% 11.1% 10% 8 1 13%
7 Seasons 951 60% 3.6% 24.4% 14.3% 8.4% 42% 0.46 0.65 56% 22% 10.8% 15% 218 15 7%
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
1999 26 FLA NL 64 257 4.02 152 59% 26% 22% 29% 22% 74% 4% 44% 70% 55% 5% 3 0 30% 19 10 0 15% 6 2 0 0 0
2000 27 FLA NL 216 887 4.11 480 54% 23% 22% 30% 26% 77% 6% 42% 72% 47% 11% 23 8 19% 40 15 1 22% 3 9 0 0 0
2001 28 FLA NL 178 753 4.23 420 56% 20% 21% 34% 25% 80% 1% 45% 74% 44% 14% 25 13 18% 32 14 3 29% 3 11 0 0 0
2002 29 FLA NL 190 822 4.33 509 62% 23% 21% 35% 22% 77% 1% 48% 73% 59% 5% 9 4 25% 47 21 4 23% 4 4 0 0 0
2003 30 FLA NL 230 953 4.14 589 62% 25% 18% 31% 26% 75% 1% 46% 76% 56% 6% 14 11 15% 35 19 5 27% 3 2 0 0 0
2004 31 ATL NL 54 239 4.43 131 55% 31% 16% 27% 25% 69% 7% 38% 77% 50% 11% 6 3 28% 15 5 1 23% 3 1 0 0 0
2005 32 ARI NL 19 71 3.74 37 52% 32% 8% 22% 38% 68% 0% 35% 88% 42% 16% 3 1 11% 2 0 0 50% 0 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 951 3982 4.19 2318 58% 24% 20% 32% 25% 76% 3% 44% 74% 52% 9% 83 40 20% 190 84 14 24% 22 31 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
1999 26 FLA NL 64 8 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 6 1 2 17% 2 0 0 28 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2000 27 FLA NL 216 38 4 0 3 1 17 2 1 1 2 31 10 9 32% 1 1 1 89 4 3 57% 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
2001 28 FLA NL 178 34 2 2 8 0 12 6 2 3 5 16 8 4 50% 3 2 0 67 2 5 29% 2 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 8 0
2002 29 FLA NL 190 36 2 1 8 0 5 8 0 5 3 15 5 2 33% 1 2 0 73 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
2003 30 FLA NL 230 59 4 1 10 0 4 7 3 6 4 14 5 3 36% 1 2 0 121 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
2004 31 ATL NL 54 9 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 0 18 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 32 ARI NL 19 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons 951 189 13 4 34 1 44 24 10 19 15 85 30 21 35% 10 8 1 409 17 12 59% 14 8 3 3 0 1 7 4 33 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+
1999 26 0 1 .000 1.72 14 0 2 0 0 0 15.2 8 4 3 1 9 1 20 1 1 0 64 252 1.085 4.6 0.6 5.2 11.5 2.22 252
2000 27 4 3 .571 4.06 81 0 10 0 0 0 62.0 46 31 28 4 52 7 66 3 1 1 280 108 1.581 6.7 0.6 7.5 9.6 1.27 108
2001 28 6 5 .545 4.37 133 0 18 0 0 0 103.0 80 55 50 12 78 8 111 3 1 3 458 99 1.534 7.0 1.0 6.8 9.7 1.42 99
2002 29 9 7 .563 4.36 184 0 28 0 0 2 148.2 116 77 72 20 101 9 168 3 2 5 648 97 1.460 7.0 1.2 6.1 10.2 1.66 97
2003 30 13 12 .520 4.79 235 0 43 0 0 2 199.0 175 114 106 30 126 11 217 5 3 7 878 88 1.513 7.9 1.4 5.7 9.8 1.72 88
2004 31 14 13 .519 4.87 248 0 48 0 0 2 210.2 184 122 114 33 133 13 230 6 4 7 932 87 1.505 7.9 1.4 5.7 9.8 1.73 87
2005 32 14 13 .519 4.82 254 0 49 0 0 2 214.2 189 123 115 34 136 13 232 6 4 8 951 88 1.514 7.9 1.4 5.7 9.7 1.71 88

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
1999 26 1 0 1.000 1.80 15.0 8 3 3 1 9 19 1 1.133 4.8 5.4 11.4 2.11 0.6 14
2000 27 2 3 .400 4.80 45.0 37 27 24 3 42 45 2 1.756 7.4 8.4 9.0 1.07 0.6 67
2001 28 2 2 .500 4.85 39.0 34 23 21 8 26 43 0 1.538 7.8 6.0 9.9 1.65 1.8 52
2002 29 2 2 .500 4.50 44.0 36 24 22 8 23 55 0 1.341 7.4 4.7 11.3 2.39 1.6 51
2003 30 1 4 .200 6.38 48.0 59 38 34 10 25 47 2 1.750 11.1 4.7 8.8 1.88 1.9 51
2004 31 0 1 .000 6.00 12.0 9 9 8 3 7 13 1 1.333 6.8 5.3 9.8 1.86 2.3 13
2005 32 0 0 2.25 4.0 5 1 1 1 3 2 0 2.000 11.3 6.8 4.5 0.67 2.3 6
7 Seasons 8 12 .400 4.91 207.0 188 125 113 34 135 224 6 1.560 8.2 9.7 1.66 1.5 254

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