Armando Almanza

Armando Almanza

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 26, 1972 in El Paso, TX
High School: Bellaire HS (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
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Braves/Diamondbacks 1999-2005

Final Game: July 20, 2005
About biographical information

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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
1993	20	STL-min	Rk	5	2	.714	3.30	23	4	6	0	0	0	46.1	44	21	17	3	17	0	60	3	1	14	200		1.317	8.5	0.6	3.3	11.7	3.53	CDS,JOH · ARIZ,APPY
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1995	22	STL-min	A	3	9	.250	3.92	20	20	0	0	0	0	108.0	108	62	47	13	40	1	72	3	1	6	476		1.370	9.0	1.1	3.3	6.0	1.80	SAV · SALL
1996	23	STL-min	A	8	6	.571	2.76	52	1	18	0	0	0	62.0	50	27	19	2	32	5	67	2	2	8	271		1.323	7.3	0.3	4.6	9.7	2.09	PEO · MIDW
1997	24	STL-min	A+	2	3	.400	1.67	58	0	47	0	0	36	64.2	38	18	12	3	32	1	83	1	1	8	259		1.082	5.3	0.4	4.5	11.6	2.59	PRW · CARL
1998	25	STL-min	AAA,AA	7	2	.778	3.16	59	0	25	0	0	9	68.1	62	31	24	3	37	1	91	2	2	10	303		1.449	8.2	0.4	4.9	12.0	2.46	MEM,ARK · PCL,TL
1999	26	FLA-min	AAA,AA	2	3	.400	8.16	25	0	10	0	0	3	28.2	34	32	26	4	22	0	40	0	0	2	140		1.953	10.7	1.3	6.9	12.6	1.82	CGY,PRT · PCL,EL
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	255	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-min	A+	0	0		0.00	6	5	0	0	0	0	6.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	23		0.600	1.4	0.0	4.0	8.1	2.00	JUP · FLOR
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	70	1.669	10.5	1.8	4.5	8.8	1.96
2004	31	ATL-min	AAA,AA	1	4	.200	4.50	25	2	4	0	0	1	32.0	38	19	16	1	18	0	25	0	0	3	147		1.750	10.7	0.3	5.1	7.0	1.39	RMD,GRV · IL,SOUL
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	71	1.371	6.9	2.3	5.4	10.0	1.86
2005	32	SFG-STL-ARI-min	AAA,AA	2	1	.667	4.79	33	0	13	0	0	2	35.2	39	23	19	6	15	0	38	2	1	9	160		1.514	9.8	1.5	3.8	9.6	2.53	TUC,FRE,MEM,KNX · PCL,SOUL
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	212	2.000	11.3	2.3	6.8	4.5	0.67
7 Yrs				14	13	.519	4.82	254	0	49	0	0	2	214.2	189	123	115	34	136	13	232	6	4	8	951	89	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	89	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	89	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	212	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	71	1.371	6.9	2.3	5.4	10.0	1.86

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
1999	26	FLA	NL	15.2	14	0	4	2.30	5.29	0.03	-0.40	92.3	4.49	4	0.4	1.5	0.1	0.6	5	.526	.502	$200,000
2000	27	FLA	NL	46.1	67	0	27	5.24	5.30	-0.06	-0.40	94.6	4.69	-3	-0.3	1.5	-0.2	-0.1	2	.496	.498	$203,000
2001	28	FLA	NL	41.0	52	0	24	5.27	4.81	0.07	-0.36	99.8	4.37	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.2	0	.492	.497	$225,000
2002	29	FLA	NL	45.2	51	0	22	4.34	4.43	-0.06	-0.33	97.3	4.06	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.1	0.1	3	.497	.499	$346,000
2003	30	FLA	NL	50.1	51	0	37	6.62	4.75	-0.10	-0.35	99.8	4.49	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-7	.476	.493	$775,000
2004	31	ATL	NL	11.2	13	0	8	6.17	4.62	0.24	-0.34	98.6	3.99	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.478	.498	$500,000
2005	32	ARI	NL	4.0	6	0	1	2.25	5.16	-0.09	-0.39	99.8	4.84	1	0.1	1.3	0.0	0.2	2	.520	.501	$
7 Seasons				214.2	254	0	123	5.16	4.85	-0.02	-0.36	97.5	4.40	-19	-1.9	1.3	-0.4	-0.5	3	.493	.498	$2,249,000

FLA (5 yrs)				199.0	235	0	114	5.16	4.86	-0.04	-0.36	97.4	4.41	-17	-1.7	1.3	-0.5	-0.5	4	.493	.498	$1,749,000
ARI (1 yr)				4.0	6	0	1	2.25	5.16	-0.09	-0.39	99.8	4.84	1	0.1	1.3	0.0	0.2	2	.520	.501	$
ATL (1 yr)				11.2	13	0	8	6.17	4.62	0.24	-0.34	98.6	3.99	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.478	.498	$500,000

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
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	2
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	1
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	3
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	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	1
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	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	0
7 Yrs				254	951	788	123	189	42	4	34	17	12	136	232	.240	.351	.433	.784	.290	341	15	6	8	13	13	10
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	3
MLB Averages																.266	.336	.426	.762	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1999	26	FLA	NL	4.6	0.4	68	0.8	1.9	-1.0	1.43	0.2	0.4	7.2	0.7	1.43	3.3	6	2	6
2000	27	FLA	NL	-2.1	-0.2	223	0.6	4.7	-4.1	1.21	0.3	0.2	-2.5	-0.2	1.21	0.5	28	12	26
2001	28	FLA	NL	-2.6	-0.3	186	-0.6	2.8	-3.4	.97	-0.4	-0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.97	-3.1	20	6	25
2002	29	FLA	NL	-0.4	-0.0	197	0.8	4.1	-3.3	1.06	-0.2	1.0	3.3	0.3	1.06	-4.2	22	4	24
2003	30	FLA	NL	-10.6	-1.0	240	-0.8	3.5	-4.3	.92	-1.1	0.3	-5.9	-0.6	0.92	-12.9	16	8	26
2004	31	ATL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	59	-0.5	0.5	-0.9	.52	-0.5	-0.4	-0.5	-0.1	0.52	-3.5	1	4	8
2005	32	ARI	NL	1.1	0.1	20	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.71	-0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.71	-1.3	2	1	3
7 Yrs				-12.0	-1.2	993	0.1	17.7	-17.6	1.03	-2.0	2.1	-0.3	-0.0	1.03	-21.1	95	37	118

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
1999	26	FLA	NL	14	14	2	0	1	0	0	0		4	3	17	2	12%	7	1.428	6	2	6	4	2	8	9	5	5	5	6	3	3.4	18
2000	27	FLA	NL	67	67	8	4	2	4	0	4	0%	20	13	65	22	34%	8	1.210	28	12	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	.973	20	6	25	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	1.064	22	4	24	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	.924	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	.517	1	4	8	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	.712	2	1	3	4	0	2	3	3	1	4	1	2	2.0	12
7 Yrs				254	254	49	14	13	13	2	11	15%	69	49	173	39	23%		1.033	95	37	118	97	41	116	107	147	41	110	50	56	2.5	16

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%
1999	26	FLA	NL	64	36%	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	42%	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	44%	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	38%	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	34%	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	54%	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	42%	5.3%	10.5%	15.8%	15.8%	60%	0.40	0.67	68%	21%	11.1%	10%	8	1	13%
7 Yrs				951	40%	3.6%	24.4%	14.3%	8.4%	42%	0.46	0.65	56%	22%	10.8%	15%	218	15	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.8%	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
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	217	893	4.12	483	54%	23%	22%	30%	26%	77%	6%	42%	72%	47%	11%	23	8	18%	40	15	1	22%	3	9	-1	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	191	825	4.32	510	62%	23%	21%	35%	22%	77%	1%	48%	73%	59%	5%	9	4	25%	47	21	4	23%	4	4	-1	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 Yrs				953	3991	4.19	2322	58%	24%	20%	32%	25%	76%	3%	44%	74%	52%	9%	83	40	20%	190	84	14	24%	22	31	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	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
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	3	3	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	1	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 Yrs				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	5	33	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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	2	0	15.2	8	4	3	1	9	1	20	1	1	0	64	255	1.085	4.6	0.6	5.2	11.5	2.22	255
2000	27	4	3	.571	4.06	81	10	0	62.0	46	31	28	4	52	7	66	3	1	1	280	109	1.581	6.7	0.6	7.5	9.6	1.27	109
2001	28	6	5	.545	4.37	133	18	0	103.0	80	55	50	12	78	8	111	3	1	3	458	100	1.534	7.0	1.0	6.8	9.7	1.42	100
2002	29	9	7	.563	4.36	184	28	2	148.2	116	77	72	20	101	9	168	3	2	5	648	98	1.460	7.0	1.2	6.1	10.2	1.66	98
2003	30	13	12	.520	4.79	235	43	2	199.0	175	114	106	30	126	11	217	5	3	7	878	89	1.513	7.9	1.4	5.7	9.8	1.72	89
2004	31	14	13	.519	4.87	248	48	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	49	2	214.2	189	123	115	34	136	13	232	6	4	8	951	89	1.514	7.9	1.4	5.7	9.7	1.71	89

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
1999	26	1	0	1.000	1.69	16.0	7	3	3	1	8	20	1	0.938	3.9	4.5	11.3	2.50	0.6	14
2000	27	2	3	.400	4.60	45.0	37	26	23	3	42	45	2	1.756	7.4	8.4	9.0	1.07	0.6	67
2001	28	2	2	.500	4.73	40.0	33	23	21	8	25	44	0	1.450	7.4	5.6	9.9	1.76	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	6.19	48.0	58	37	33	10	25	47	2	1.729	10.9	4.7	8.8	1.88	1.9	51
2004	31	0	1	.000	6.00	12.0	9	9	8	3	7	14	1	1.333	6.8	5.3	10.5	2.00	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 Yrs		8	12	.400	4.78	209.0	185	123	111	34	133	227	6	1.522	8.0		9.8	1.71	1.5	254

* 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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