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Brian Anderson

Brian James Anderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 26, 1972 in Portsmouth, VA
High School: Geneva HS (Geneva, OH)
School: Wright State University (Dayton, OH)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1993
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Royals/Indians/Angels 1993-2005

Final Game: May 8, 2005
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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	21	ANA-min	AA,AAA	0	2	.000	7.23	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.2	29	17	15	5	6	0	11	1	1	1	89		1.875	14.0	2.4	2.9	5.3	1.83	MDL,VAN · TL,PCL
1993	21	CAL	AL	0	0		3.97	4	1	3	0	0	0	11.1	11	5	5	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	45	116	1.147	8.7	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.00
1994	22	ANA-min	A+	0	1	.000	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	42		0.500	4.5	0.8	0.0	6.8		LEL · CALL
1994	22	CAL	AL	7	5	.583	5.22	18	18	0	0	0	0	101.2	120	63	59	13	27	0	47	5	5	5	441	93	1.446	10.6	1.2	2.4	4.2	1.74	RoY-6
1995	23	ANA-min	A+	1	1	.500	1.93	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	10	3	3	0	1	0	13	0	0	1	51		0.786	6.4	0.0	0.6	8.4	13.00	LEL · CALL
1995	23	CAL	AL	6	8	.429	5.87	18	17	0	1	0	0	99.2	110	66	65	24	30	2	45	3	3	1	433	80	1.405	9.9	2.2	2.7	4.1	1.50
1996	24	CLE-min	AAA	11	5	.688	3.59	19	19	0	2	0	0	128.0	125	57	51	14	28	0	85	2	3	4	531		1.195	8.8	1.0	2.0	6.0	3.04	BFL · AA
1996	24	CLE	AL	3	1	.750	4.91	10	9	0	0	0	0	51.1	58	29	28	9	14	1	21	0	0	2	215	99	1.403	10.2	1.6	2.5	3.7	1.50
1997	25	CLE-min	AAA	7	1	.875	3.05	15	15	0	1	1	0	85.2	78	33	29	13	15	0	60	1	1	1	348		1.086	8.2	1.4	1.6	6.3	4.00	BFL · AA
1997	25	CLE	AL	4	2	.667	4.69	8	8	0	0	0	0	48.0	55	28	25	7	11	0	22	0	0	1	199	100	1.375	10.3	1.3	2.1	4.1	2.00
1998	26	ARI	NL	12	13	.480	4.33	32	32	0	2	1	0	208.0	221	109	100	39	24	2	95	4	6	3	845	97	1.178	9.6	1.7	*1.0*	4.1	3.96
1999	27	ARI-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	5	4	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	30		1.500	12.2	1.4	1.4	10.8	8.00	TUC · PCL
1999	27	ARI	NL	8	2	.800	4.57	31	19	4	2	1	1	130.0	144	69	66	18	28	3	75	1	2	0	549	100	1.323	10.0	1.2	1.9	5.2	2.68
2000	28	ARI	NL	11	7	.611	4.05	33	32	0	2	0	0	213.1	226	101	96	38	39	7	104	3	4	1	876	118	1.242	9.5	1.6	1.6	4.4	2.67
2001	29	ARI-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	44		0.750	5.2	0.0	1.5	6.0	4.00	TUC · PCL
2001	29	ARI	NL	4	9	.308	5.20	29	22	1	1	0	0	133.1	156	93	77	25	30	2	55	1	1	2	571	90	1.395	10.5	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.83
2002	30	ARI	NL	6	11	.353	4.79	35	24	1	0	0	0	156.0	174	86	83	23	32	3	81	1	5	2	659	95	1.321	10.0	1.3	1.8	4.7	2.53
2003	31	TOT	AL	14	11	.560	3.78	32	31	0	2	1	0	197.2	212	110	83	27	43	3	87	4	1	3	821	120	1.290	9.7	1.2	2.0	4.0	2.02
2003	31	CLE	AL	9	10	.474	3.71	25	24	0	0	0	0	148.0	162	88	61	21	32	3	72	4	1	2	623	119	1.311	9.9	1.3	1.9	4.4	2.25
2003	31	KCR	AL	5	1	.833	3.99	7	7	0	2	1	0	49.2	50	22	22	6	11	0	15	0	0	1	198	123	1.228	9.1	1.1	2.0	2.7	1.36
2004	32	KCR	AL	6	12	.333	5.64	35	26	2	2	1	0	166.0	217	123	104	33	53	4	70	1	0	2	745	85	1.627	11.8	1.8	2.9	3.8	1.32
2005	33	KCR-min	AAA,AA	0	0		7.94	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	6	5	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	28		1.588	12.7	3.2	1.6	6.4	4.00	OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
2005	33	KCR	AL	1	2	.333	6.75	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.2	39	24	23	7	4	1	17	0	1	0	133	66	1.402	11.4	2.1	1.2	5.0	4.25
13 Yrs				82	83	.497	4.74	291	245	11	12	4	1	1547.0	1743	906	814	264	337	28	723	23	28	22	6532	97	1.345	10.1	1.5	2.0	4.2	2.15
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.497	4.74	37	31	1	2	1	0	196	221	115	103	33	43	4	92	3	4	3	829	97	1.345	10.1	1.5	2.0	4.2	2.15

ARI (5 yrs)				41	42	.494	4.52	160	129	6	7	2	1	840.2	921	458	422	143	153	17	410	10	18	8	3500	101	1.278	9.9	1.5	1.6	4.4	2.68
KCR (3 yrs)				12	15	.444	5.44	48	39	2	4	2	0	246.1	306	169	149	46	68	5	102	1	1	3	1076	88	1.518	11.2	1.7	2.5	3.7	1.50
CLE (3 yrs)				16	13	.552	4.15	43	41	0	0	0	0	247.1	275	145	114	37	57	4	115	4	1	5	1037	110	1.342	10.0	1.3	2.1	4.2	2.02
CAL (3 yrs)				13	13	.500	5.46	40	36	3	1	0	0	212.2	241	134	129	38	59	2	96	8	8	6	919	87	1.411	10.2	1.6	2.5	4.1	1.63

AL (8 yrs)				41	41	.500	4.99	131	116	5	5	2	0	706.1	822	448	392	121	184	11	313	13	10	14	3032	94	1.424	10.5	1.5	2.3	4.0	1.70
NL (5 yrs)				41	42	.494	4.52	160	129	6	7	2	1	840.2	921	458	422	143	153	17	410	10	18	8	3500	101	1.278	9.9	1.5	1.6	4.4	2.68

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	Awards
1993	21	CAL	AL	11.1	4	1	5	3.97	4.65	-0.26	-0.08	101.6	4.91	1	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.2	3	.533	.501	$109,000
1994	22	CAL	AL	101.2	18	18	63	5.58	5.34	0.07	0.19	100.1	5.47	-1	-0.1		-0.1	0.7	8	.493	.499	$120,000	RoY-6
1995	23	CAL	AL	99.2	18	17	66	5.96	5.00	0.13	0.16	98.0	4.92	-11	-1.0	.3	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.443	.494	$135,000
1996	24	CLE	AL	51.1	10	9	29	5.08	5.54	-0.09	0.21	96.5	5.63	2	0.2	2.5	-0.0	0.6	10	.522	.501	$
1997	25	CLE	AL	48.0	8	8	28	5.25	4.87	0.05	0.18	101.9	5.10	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.3	5	.488	.499	$
1998	26	ARI	NL	208.0	32	32	109	4.72	4.67	0.12	0.17	98.5	4.64	-1	-0.2		-0.1	1.2	19	.495	.499	$775,000
1999	27	ARI	NL	130.0	31	19	69	4.78	4.96	0.29	0.10	104.0	4.96	2	0.2	.7	-0.1	1.1	16	.506	.501	$1,800,000
2000	28	ARI	NL	213.1	33	32	101	4.26	5.20	0.12	0.18	100.7	5.30	24	2.4	.5	-0.1	3.8	47	.573	.515	$2,250,000
2001	29	ARI	NL	133.1	29	22	93	6.28	4.99	0.38	0.15	103.6	4.93	-20	-1.9	1.1	-0.1	-1.0	-7	.434	.488	$4,125,000
2002	30	ARI	NL	156.0	35	24	86	4.96	4.61	-0.03	0.13	111.0	5.29	5	0.6	.8	-0.1	1.6	21	.516	.503	$5,375,000
2003	31	CLE	AL	148.0	25	24	88	5.35	4.73	0.18	0.17	98.3	4.65	-11	-1.1	1.2	-0.1	0.2	7	.457	.493	$1,500,000
2003	31	KCR	AL	49.2	7	7	22	3.99	4.58	-0.32	0.17	106.3	5.40	8	0.8		-0.0	1.2	14	.619	.505	$
2004	32	KCR	AL	166.0	35	26	123	6.67	5.24	-0.10	0.13	101.9	5.58	-22	-2.0	.6	-0.1	-0.6	1	.443	.488	$3,250,000
2005	33	KCR	AL	30.2	6	6	24	7.04	4.47	-0.80	0.16	101.3	5.50	-5	-0.5		-0.0	-0.3	-2	.414	.497	$3,250,000
13 Seasons				1547.0	291	245	906	5.27	4.95	0.08	0.16	101.8	5.11	-31	-2.6	.7	-1.1	8.8	143	.491	.499	$22,689,000

ARI (5 yrs)				840.2	160	129	458	4.90	4.89	0.16	0.15	103.0	5.02	9	1.1	.8	-0.6	6.7	96	.507	.501	$14,325,000
KCR (3 yrs)				246.1	48	39	169	6.17	5.01	-0.23	0.15	102.7	5.53	-19	-1.7	.6	-0.1	0.3	14	.465	.497	$6,500,000
CLE (3 yrs)				247.1	43	41	145	5.28	4.93	0.10	0.18	98.6	4.94	-10	-0.9	1.8	-0.2	1.1	23	.478	.498	$1,500,000
CAL (3 yrs)				212.2	40	36	134	5.67	5.15	0.08	0.16	99.2	5.18	-11	-1.0	.1	-0.2	0.7	11	.474	.498	$364,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1997	25	CLE	AL	ALCS	W	BAL	1	0	1.000	1.42	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	7	0	0	0	24	0.632	1.4	0.0	4.3	9.9	2.33
1997	25	CLE	AL	WS	L	FLA	0	0		2.45	3	0	1	0	0	1	3.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0.545	4.9	0.0	0.0	4.9

1999	27	ARI	NL	NLDS	L	NYM	0	0		2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	28	1.000	9.0	1.3	0.0	5.1

2001	29	ARI	NL	NLDS	W	STL	0	0		2.25	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	16	0.750	6.8	2.3	0.0	6.8
2001	29	ARI	NL	NLCS	W	ATL	1	0	1.000	2.70	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1.500	10.8	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.00
2001	29	ARI	NL	WS	W	NYY	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	5	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	24	1.500	8.4	1.7	5.1	1.7	0.33
3 Yrs (6 Series)							2	1	.667	2.43	11	2	2	0	0	1	29.2	22	8	8	3	7	1	17	1	0	1	119	0.978	6.7	0.9	2.1	5.2	2.43
2 NLDS							0	0		2.45	3	1	0	0	0	0	11.0	10	3	3	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	44	0.909	8.2	1.6	0.0	5.7
1 NLCS							1	0	1.000	2.70	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1.500	10.8	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.00
1 ALCS							1	0	1.000	1.42	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	7	0	0	0	24	0.632	1.4	0.0	4.3	9.9	2.33
2 WS							0	1	.000	3.00	4	1	1	0	0	1	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	37	1.111	7.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00

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
1993	21	CAL	AL	4	45	43	5	11	3	1	1	1	0	2	4	.256	.289	.442	.731	.263	19	2	0	0	0	0	0
1994	22	CAL	AL	18	441	400	63	120	36	0	13	4	5	27	47	.300	.347	.488	.835	.309	195	10	5	3	6	0	2
1995	23	CAL	AL	18	433	390	66	110	17	3	24	8	3	30	45	.282	.334	.526	.860	.264	205	8	3	5	5	2	4
1996	24	CLE	AL	10	215	196	29	58	13	2	9	6	6	14	21	.296	.338	.520	.858	.290	102	4	0	2	3	1	3
1997	25	CLE	AL	8	199	183	28	55	3	1	7	3	5	11	22	.301	.332	.443	.774	.302	81	4	0	0	5	0	2
1998	26	ARI	NL	32	845	806	109	221	37	3	39	4	9	24	95	.274	.297	.473	.770	.270	381	15	4	8	3	2	5
1999	27	ARI	NL	31	549	516	69	144	22	3	18	6	0	28	75	.279	.317	.438	.755	.298	226	10	1	4	0	3	2
2000	28	ARI	NL	33	876	822	101	226	41	7	38	8	7	39	104	.275	.308	.481	.789	.274	395	25	3	6	6	7	8
2001	29	ARI	NL	29	571	529	93	156	33	3	25	7	5	30	55	.295	.332	.510	.842	.289	270	14	1	7	4	2	9
2002	30	ARI	NL	35	659	612	86	174	41	1	23	4	3	32	81	.284	.317	.467	.784	.293	286	13	1	6	8	3	6
2003	31	TOT	AL	32	821	759	110	212	39	8	27	1	8	43	87	.279	.317	.458	.775	.282	348	25	4	3	12	3	14
2003	31	CLE	AL	25	623	575	88	162	31	7	21	1	7	32	72	.282	.319	.470	.788	.287	270	17	4	2	10	3	13
2003	31	KCR	AL	7	198	184	22	50	8	1	6	0	1	11	15	.272	.310	.424	.734	.267	78	8	0	1	2	0	1
2004	32	KCR	AL	35	745	679	123	217	54	0	33	1	4	53	70	.320	.366	.545	.911	.316	370	22	1	5	7	4	11
2005	33	KCR	AL	6	133	128	24	39	7	2	7	1	1	4	17	.305	.323	.555	.878	.305	71	2	0	0	1	1	3
13 Yrs				291	6532	6063	906	1743	346	34	264	54	56	337	723	.287	.324	.486	.811	.288	2949	154	23	49	60	28	69
162 Game Avg.				37	829	769	115	221	44	4	33	7	7	43	92	.287	.324	.486	.811	.288	374	20	3	6	8	4	9
MLB Averages																.267	.336	.423	.759	.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
1993	21	CAL	AL	1.0	0.1	46	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.48	0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.48	1.6	0	0	2
1994	22	CAL	AL	-3.2	-0.3	465	0.2	7.2	-6.9	.85	-0.4	0.7	-2.2	-0.2	0.85	-3.4	0	0	0
1995	23	CAL	AL	-11.1	-1.0	444	-0.9	6.1	-7.0	.82	-1.2	0.1	-7.4	-0.7	0.82	-10.8	0	0	1
1996	24	CLE	AL	0.8	0.1	229	-0.1	4.0	-4.1	.97	0.1	-0.2	1.7	0.2	0.97	1.4	1	0	0
1997	25	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	208	-0.2	3.6	-3.8	.99	0.1	-0.3	-1.2	-0.1	0.99	1.4	0	0	0
1998	26	ARI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	871	0.9	14.6	-13.6	.89	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.89	6.6	0	0	0
1999	27	ARI	NL	2.2	0.2	560	0.1	8.6	-8.5	.85	1.2	-1.1	7.7	0.7	0.85	16.0	2	3	6
2000	28	ARI	NL	18.7	1.8	899	2.3	17.1	-14.7	.98	0.7	1.7	18.8	1.8	0.98	7.8	0	0	1
2001	29	ARI	NL	-11.1	-1.1	589	-1.5	9.2	-10.7	.90	-1.4	-0.3	-17.7	-1.6	0.90	-14.2	2	1	4
2002	30	ARI	NL	-1.4	-0.1	679	-0.4	10.9	-11.3	.91	-0.5	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.91	-3.8	2	2	7
2003	31	TOT	AL	7.1	0.7	834	0.1	14.7	-14.5	.97	-0.0	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.97	-3.5	0	1	0
2003	31	CLE	AL	1.5	0.1	632	-0.4	11.0	-11.4	.98	-0.2	-0.2	-6.8	-0.7	0.98	-5.8	0	1	0
2003	31	KCR	AL	5.6	0.6	202	0.5	3.7	-3.2	.93	0.2	0.4	4.8	0.5	0.93	2.3	0	0	0
2004	32	KCR	AL	-19.8	-1.8	757	-2.4	10.3	-12.7	.78	-3.4	0.4	-30.2	-2.7	0.78	-34.7	1	2	6
2005	33	KCR	AL	-7.3	-0.7	137	-1.1	1.9	-3.0	.87	-0.8	-0.5	-8.7	-0.8	0.87	-8.7	0	0	0
13 Yrs				-27.3	-2.4	6718	-2.9	108.3	-111.3	.89	-4.7	1.4	-42.6	-3.7	0.89	-44.2	8	9	27

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
1993	21	CAL	AL	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	45.0	45	45	0	0	0	1	3.0	4.5	6.0	89	0	1	0	0	89
1994	22	CAL	AL	18	18	7	5	6	2	0	9	9	.500	2	5	0	0	9	50%	45.2	70	11	15	5	0	6	6.2	6.2	5.6	92	4	6	3	3	136
1995	23	CAL	AL	18	17	6	8	3	0	0	9	8	.529	0	0	1	0	6	35%	42.8	71	15	16	8	0	4	5.7	5.6	5.5	84	6	6	4	0	113
1996	24	CLE	AL	10	9	3	1	5	2	1	4	5	.444	1	2	0	0	4	44%	45.6	53	24	4	1	1	5	7.0	6.8	5.7	96	0	6	2	0	112
1997	25	CLE	AL	8	8	4	2	2	2	1	5	3	.625	1	2	0	0	4	50%	46.4	70	14	2	0	1	4	6.0	5.5	6.0	91	1	5	1	1	121
1998	26	ARI	NL	32	32	12	13	7	2	3	16	16	.500	5	2	2	1	18	56%	49.7	85	12	17	10	0	14	4.5	4.5	6.5	87	6	22	4	0	104
1999	27	ARI	NL	31	19	7	1	11	3	0	13	6	.684	2	5	2	1	8	42%	49.1	86	18	24	9	0	13	6.1	6.0	5.9	84	8	7	3	1	127
2000	28	ARI	NL	33	32	11	7	14	2	2	19	13	.594	7	4	2	0	20	63%	50.1	78	12	22	5	0	13	5.1	5.1	6.5	93	5	18	7	2	130
2001	29	ARI	NL	29	22	3	9	10	2	2	9	13	.409	3	3	1	0	9	41%	43.0	70	13	10	8	1	8	5.1	4.0	5.6	81	9	10	3	0	111
2002	30	ARI	NL	35	24	5	10	9	1	3	10	14	.417	4	1	0	0	11	46%	47.3	73	26	15	6	3	9	4.2	4.4	5.9	88	6	13	5	0	118
2003	31	TOT	AL	32	31	14	11	6	3	2	16	15	.516	5	3	2	1	18	58%	48.7	75	21	11	6	0	16	5.5	6.0	6.3	95	5	12	14	0	116
2003	31	CLE	AL	25	24	9	10	5	2	2	10	14	.417	5	2	0	0	14	58%	48.0	75	21	8	6	0	15	4.8	5.8	6.1	96	4	9	11	0	116
2003	31	KCR	AL	7	7	5	1	1	1	0	6	1	.857	0	1	2	1	4	57%	51.0	73	22	3	0	0	1	7.7	6.5	7.1	92	1	3	3	0	108
2004	32	KCR	AL	35	26	6	12	8	0	0	10	16	.385	2	4	2	1	8	31%	40.1	89	11	22	6	0	12	5.6	5.5	5.7	93	8	8	8	2	123
2005	33	KCR	AL	6	6	1	2	3	0	1	2	4	.333	1	2	0	0	3	50%	41.8	55	9	7	3	0	4	5.9	5.5	5.1	79	2	3	1	0	111
13 Yrs				291	245	79	81	85	19	15	122	123	.498	33	33	12	4	119	49%	46	89	9	165	67	6	109	5.3	5.3	6.0	89	60	117	55	9	136
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	105	-21					4.9	4.8	6.0	95

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
1993	21	CAL	AL	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	7	.477	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	5.3	28

1995	23	CAL	AL	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	1	.818	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	18.0	80
1996	24	CLE	AL	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		8	.972	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	6

1999	27	ARI	NL	31	12	4	1	1	2	1	1	50%	3	1	2	0	0%	6	.853	2	3	6	6	1	5	1	11	7	3	7	1	4.6	22
2000	28	ARI	NL	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	1	.978	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	12.0	47
2001	29	ARI	NL	29	7	1	1	0	1	0	1	0%	2	0	4	1	25%	7	.899	2	1	4	4	0	3	3	4	4	2	4	0	4.1	18
2002	30	ARI	NL	35	11	1	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	6	2	33%	6	.908	2	2	7	5	2	4	4	7	5	2	5	2	3.9	20
2003	31	TOT	AL	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.966	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	20
2003	31	CLE	AL	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.978	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	20
2004	32	KCR	AL	35	9	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	3	0	0%	6	.783	1	2	6	2	1	6	2	7	6	1	6	0	6.3	38
9 Yrs				220	46	11	3	2	3	1	2	33%	9	5	20	6	30%		.894	8	9	27	18	5	23	13	33	27	9	27	3	5.2	26

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%
1993	21	CAL	AL	45	13%	2.2%	8.9%	4.4%	11.1%	46%	0.26	0.43	84%	21%	4.8%	32%	4	2	50%
1994	22	CAL	AL	441	20%	3.0%	10.7%	6.1%	11.1%	41%	0.47	0.58	78%	20%	6.2%	13%	78	10	13%
1995	23	CAL	AL	433	19%	5.5%	10.4%	6.9%	10.2%	40%	0.62	0.75	75%	21%	13.6%	17%	82	8	10%
1996	24	CLE	AL	215	20%	4.2%	9.8%	6.5%	11.2%	41%	0.63	0.87	79%	18%	10.2%	17%	27	4	15%
1997	25	CLE	AL	199	18%	3.5%	11.1%	5.5%	5.5%	20%	0.64	0.74	80%	25%	7.6%	8%	44	4	9%
1998	26	ARI	NL	845	17%	4.6%	11.2%	2.8%	9.4%	36%	0.60	0.79	80%	18%	10.4%	15%	105	15	14%
1999	27	ARI	NL	549	21%	3.3%	13.7%	5.1%	7.8%	30%	0.69	0.84	77%	19%	8.0%	12%	90	10	11%
2000	28	ARI	NL	876	23%	4.3%	11.9%	4.5%	9.8%	38%	0.66	0.99	78%	25%	10.7%	13%	132	25	19%
2001	29	ARI	NL	571	27%	4.4%	9.6%	5.3%	10.7%	39%	0.63	0.93	79%	24%	10.6%	12%	101	14	14%
2002	30	ARI	NL	659	26%	3.5%	12.3%	4.9%	9.9%	37%	0.66	0.99	78%	23%	9.0%	17%	113	13	12%
2003	31	TOT	AL	821	23%	3.3%	10.6%	5.2%	9.0%	35%	0.77	1.05	80%	19%	7.7%	9%	144	25	17%
2003	31	CLE	AL	623	24%	3.4%	11.6%	5.1%	9.5%	36%	0.75	1.07	79%	20%	7.8%	7%	108	17	16%
2003	31	KCR	AL	198	21%	3.0%	7.6%	5.6%	7.6%	30%	0.82	0.97	83%	17%	7.4%	13%	36	8	22%
2004	32	KCR	AL	745	23%	4.4%	9.4%	7.1%	11.7%	40%	0.53	0.80	78%	24%	9.0%	9%	132	22	17%
2005	33	KCR	AL	133	20%	5.3%	12.8%	3.0%	12.0%	41%	0.77	0.92	79%	15%	12.1%	6%	15	2	13%
13 Yrs				6532	22%	4.0%	11.1%	5.2%	9.9%	37%	0.63	0.86	79%	21%	9.4%	13%	1067	154	14%
MLB Averages					45%	2.8%	16.5%	8.8%	7.9%	33%	0.80	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	14%			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
1993	21	CAL	AL	45	172	3.82	110	64%	14%	12%	39%	35%	86%	0%	55%	86%	60%	4%	2	1	13%	6	2	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
1994	22	CAL	AL	440	1546	3.51	939	61%	25%	10%	28%	38%	75%	0%	46%	87%	53%	5%	23	16	15%	66	25	4	30%	4	7	1	7	0
1995	23	CAL	AL	410	1424	3.47	909	64%	25%	8%	30%	37%	75%	2%	48%	89%	64%	5%	21	11	17%	68	23	4	56%	7	8	23	0	0
1996	24	CLE	AL	189	771	4.08	473	61%	29%	9%	29%	33%	71%	0%	44%	87%	57%	6%	12	8	20%	38	8	2	26%	2	3	26	0	0
1997	25	CLE	AL	199	731	3.67	457	63%	26%	12%	25%	36%	74%	0%	46%	83%	57%	2%	3	1	19%	38	11	1	32%	1	2	0	0	1
1998	26	ARI	NL	847	2794	3.30	1882	67%	26%	11%	24%	38%	74%	1%	50%	85%	66%	2%	13	6	19%	163	74	7	42%	15	5	-2	0	0
1999	27	ARI	NL	549	1865	3.40	1203	65%	27%	15%	22%	37%	73%	2%	47%	80%	61%	3%	16	10	15%	83	42	1	37%	16	3	0	0	0
2000	28	ARI	NL	878	3019	3.44	1964	65%	26%	10%	26%	37%	74%	2%	48%	86%	62%	3%	26	15	18%	155	50	5	34%	8	5	-2	0	0
2001	29	ARI	NL	573	1906	3.33	1252	66%	26%	8%	27%	39%	74%	1%	48%	90%	63%	3%	15	9	18%	103	43	5	44%	10	4	-2	0	0
2002	30	ARI	NL	661	2327	3.52	1488	64%	28%	10%	25%	37%	72%	1%	46%	86%	60%	4%	26	20	17%	113	47	3	43%	13	3	-2	0	0
2003	31	TOT	AL	825	2964	3.59	1877	63%	29%	9%	25%	37%	71%	1%	45%	87%	61%	3%	28	21	18%	146	52	3	33%	11	4	-4	0	0
2003	31	CLE	AL	626	2320	3.71	1464	63%	29%	10%	26%	35%	71%	1%	45%	86%	60%	3%	20	14	18%	115	38	2	32%	9	3	-3	0	0
2003	31	KCR	AL	199	644	3.24	413	64%	29%	8%	22%	42%	71%	0%	46%	88%	64%	4%	8	7	16%	31	14	1	40%	2	1	-1	0	0
2004	32	KCR	AL	746	2769	3.71	1693	61%	28%	9%	26%	37%	72%	1%	44%	87%	61%	5%	36	21	16%	122	44	6	31%	5	11	-1	0	0
2005	33	KCR	AL	134	476	3.55	303	64%	32%	8%	23%	37%	68%	2%	43%	89%	61%	4%	5	4	19%	25	11	4	35%	1	0	-1	0	0
13 Yrs				6496	22764	3.50	14550	64%	27%	10%	26%	37%	73%	1%	47%	86%	61%	3%	226	143	17%	1126	432	45	37%	93	56	36	7	1
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			20%				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
1993	21	CAL	AL	45	11	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5	3	0	60%	0	0	0	12	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	22	CAL	AL	441	120	9	2	13	1	7	9	4	9	4	27	14	4	52%	2	5	2	162	4	5	44%	2	5	2	0	0	0	3	2	21	0
1995	23	CAL	AL	433	110	12	2	24	0	1	18	6	6	18	27	16	4	59%	4	1	0	157	8	3	73%	5	3	3	0	0	0	3	2	10	0
1996	24	CLE	AL	215	58	9	3	9	0	1	6	3	7	2	10	8	1	80%	3	2	1	64	6	6	50%	4	5	2	1	0	0	3	2	7	0
1997	25	CLE	AL	199	55	8	2	7	0	5	6	1	5	2	15	11	0	73%	2	1	0	62	3	5	38%	2	5	1	0	0	0	3	2	9	0
1998	26	ARI	NL	845	221	38	3	39	0	7	32	7	22	17	27	16	2	59%	5	3	0	229	4	9	31%	4	8	0	1	0	0	9	5	12	0
1999	27	ARI	NL	549	144	7	2	18	0	3	17	1	9	9	17	10	2	59%	2	0	0	189	6	0	100%	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	3	0
2000	28	ARI	NL	876	226	18	5	38	0	8	31	7	15	23	30	16	1	53%	8	1	0	273	8	7	53%	7	7	1	0	0	0	10	6	13	0
2001	29	ARI	NL	571	156	8	0	25	0	6	21	4	15	10	26	19	2	73%	9	2	0	205	7	5	58%	5	5	2	0	0	0	7	3	7	0
2002	30	ARI	NL	659	174	14	2	23	0	7	17	6	10	13	32	19	0	59%	6	2	1	232	4	3	57%	3	3	1	0	0	0	8	3	17	0
2003	31	TOT	AL	821	212	15	3	27	0	9	18	9	11	16	38	22	1	58%	14	3	0	286	1	8	11%	1	6	0	0	0	2	5	4	20	0
2003	31	CLE	AL	623	162	9	2	21	0	8	13	8	7	14	30	17	1	57%	13	2	0	217	1	7	13%	1	6	0	0	0	1	4	4	16	0
2003	31	KCR	AL	198	50	6	1	6	0	1	5	1	4	2	8	5	0	63%	1	1	0	69	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0
2004	32	KCR	AL	745	217	14	2	33	0	9	27	6	14	19	42	21	5	50%	11	2	1	285	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	2	11	0
2005	33	KCR	AL	133	39	5	2	7	0	0	7	0	1	6	7	6	0	86%	3	0	1	39	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
13 Yrs				6532	1743	157	28	264	1	64	210	54	125	139	303	181	22	60%	69	22	6	2195	54	56	49%	40	52	14	2	0	2	61	32	134	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1993	21	0	0		3.97	4	1	3	0	0	0	11.1	11	5	5	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	45	116	1.147	8.7	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.00	116
1994	22	7	5	.583	5.10	22	19	3	0	0	0	113.0	131	68	64	14	29	0	51	5	5	5	486	95	1.416	10.4	1.1	2.3	4.1	1.76	95
1995	23	13	13	.500	5.46	40	36	3	1	0	0	212.2	241	134	129	38	59	2	96	8	8	6	919	87	1.411	10.2	1.6	2.5	4.1	1.63	87
1996	24	16	14	.533	5.35	50	45	3	1	0	0	264.0	299	163	157	47	73	3	117	8	8	8	1134	90	1.409	10.2	1.6	2.5	4.0	1.60	90
1997	25	20	16	.556	5.25	58	53	3	1	0	0	312.0	354	191	182	54	84	3	139	8	8	9	1333	91	1.404	10.2	1.6	2.4	4.0	1.65	91
1998	26	32	29	.525	4.88	90	85	3	3	1	0	520.0	575	300	282	93	108	5	234	12	14	12	2178	93	1.313	10.0	1.6	1.9	4.1	2.17	93
1999	27	40	31	.563	4.82	121	104	7	5	2	1	650.0	719	369	348	111	136	8	309	13	16	12	2727	94	1.315	10.0	1.5	1.9	4.3	2.27	94
2000	28	51	38	.573	4.63	154	136	7	7	2	1	863.1	945	470	444	149	175	15	413	16	20	13	3603	100	1.297	9.9	1.6	1.8	4.3	2.36	100
2001	29	55	47	.539	4.70	183	158	8	8	2	1	996.2	1101	563	521	174	205	17	468	17	21	15	4174	98	1.310	9.9	1.6	1.9	4.2	2.28	98
2002	30	61	58	.513	4.72	218	182	9	8	2	1	1152.2	1275	649	604	197	237	20	549	18	26	17	4833	98	1.312	10.0	1.5	1.9	4.3	2.32	98
2003	31	75	69	.521	4.58	250	213	9	10	3	1	1350.1	1487	759	687	224	280	23	636	22	27	20	5654	100	1.309	9.9	1.5	1.9	4.2	2.27	100
2004	32	81	81	.500	4.69	285	239	11	12	4	1	1516.1	1704	882	791	257	333	27	706	23	27	22	6399	98	1.343	10.1	1.5	2.0	4.2	2.12	98
2005	33	82	83	.497	4.74	291	245	11	12	4	1	1547.0	1743	906	814	264	337	28	723	23	28	22	6532	97	1.345	10.1	1.5	2.0	4.2	2.15	97

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: / / / or

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
1993	21	0	1	.000	4.09	11.0	11	6	5	1	2	4	0	1.182	9.0	1.6	3.3	2.00	0.8	4
1994	22	6	9	.400	4.79	141.0	161	83	75	17	36	65	7	1.397	10.3	2.3	4.1	1.81	1.1	18
1995	23	4	8	.333	5.56	110.0	120	76	68	26	33	50	3	1.391	9.8	2.7	4.1	1.52	2.1	18
1996	24	2	3	.400	4.59	49.0	55	28	25	9	13	20	0	1.388	10.1	2.4	3.7	1.54	1.7	10
1997	25	2	3	.400	4.60	45.0	53	26	23	7	11	21	0	1.422	10.6	2.2	4.2	1.91	1.4	8
1998	26	10	12	.455	4.37	200.0	218	108	97	38	24	91	4	1.210	9.8	1.1	4.1	3.79	1.7	32
1999	27	7	7	.500	4.05	129.0	135	64	58	17	26	74	1	1.248	9.4	1.8	5.2	2.85	1.2	31
2000	28	13	10	.565	3.57	209.0	210	92	83	35	36	102	3	1.177	9.0	1.6	4.4	2.83	1.5	33
2001	29	6	8	.429	4.64	132.0	146	76	68	23	28	54	1	1.318	10.0	1.9	3.7	1.93	1.6	29
2002	30	8	9	.471	4.38	154.0	166	83	75	22	31	80	1	1.279	9.7	1.8	4.7	2.58	1.3	35
2003	31	10	10	.500	3.86	189.0	209	90	81	27	42	83	4	1.328	10.0	2.0	4.0	1.98	1.3	32
2004	32	6	12	.333	5.28	162.0	207	106	95	31	51	68	1	1.593	11.5	2.8	3.8	1.33	1.7	35
2005	33	1	2	.333	6.90	30.0	39	26	23	7	4	17	0	1.433	11.7	1.2	5.1	4.25	2.1	6
13 Yrs		75	94	.444	4.47	1561.0	1730	864	776	260	337	729	25	1.324	10.0		4.2	2.16	1.5	291

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1998 NL 1.178 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1998 NL 1.039 (1st) 2000 NL 1.645 (2nd) 2003 AL 1.958 (6th) Career 1.961 (80th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2004 AL 2 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1999 NL 1 (8th) 2003 AL 1 (6th) 2004 AL 1 (4th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1995 AL 24 (8th) 1998 NL 39 (1st) 2000 NL 38 (2nd) 2004 AL 33 (5th) Career 264 (79th)	Hits s c a p y 2000 NL 226 (8th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1998 NL 3.958 (7th) Career 2.145 (207th)	Youngest s c a p y 1993 AL born 1972-04-26 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Bud Smith (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Arthur Rhodes (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Harrison (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Haney (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Gorzelanny (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Horacio Ramirez (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Francis (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Francis (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Francis (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Clark (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sterling Hitchcock (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Mulholland (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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