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Rolando Arrojo

Luis Rolando Arrojo

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 18, 1968 in Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
High School: San Jose (San Jose, CR)
Signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 1998
Teams (by GP): RedSox/DevilRays/Rockies 1998-2002
Agents: Joe Cubas [*]
Final Game: September 22, 2002
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All-Star

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
1998 29 TBD AL 14 12 .538 3.56 32 32 0 2 2 0 202.0 195 84 80 21 65 2 152 19 1 3 853 133 1.287 8.7 0.9 2.9 6.8 2.34 AS,RoY-2
1999 30 TBD AL 7 12 .368 5.18 24 24 0 2 0 0 140.2 162 84 81 23 60 2 107 14 0 2 630 95 1.578 10.4 1.5 3.8 6.8 1.78
2000 31 TOT MLB 10 11 .476 5.63 32 32 0 0 0 0 172.2 187 118 108 24 68 6 124 16 2 4 771 98 1.477 9.7 1.3 3.5 6.5 1.82
2000 31 COL NL 5 9 .357 6.04 19 19 0 0 0 0 101.1 120 77 68 14 46 6 80 12 2 1 470 96 1.638 10.7 1.2 4.1 7.1 1.74
2000 31 BOS AL 5 2 .714 5.05 13 13 0 0 0 0 71.1 67 41 40 10 22 0 44 4 0 3 301 101 1.248 8.5 1.3 2.8 5.6 2.00
2001 32 BOS AL 5 4 .556 3.48 41 9 11 0 0 5 103.1 88 44 40 8 35 4 78 12 0 2 438 129 1.190 7.7 0.7 3.0 6.8 2.23
2002 33 BOS AL 4 3 .571 4.98 29 8 4 0 0 1 81.1 83 47 45 7 27 1 51 6 0 2 348 92 1.352 9.2 0.8 3.0 5.6 1.89
5 Yrs 40 42 .488 4.55 158 105 15 4 2 6 700.0 715 377 354 83 255 15 512 67 3 13 3040 108 1.386 9.2 1.1 3.3 6.6 2.01
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .488 4.55 41 27 4 1 1 2 181 185 97 92 21 66 4 132 17 1 3 786 108 1.386 9.2 1.1 3.3 6.6 2.01
BOS (3 yrs) 14 9 .609 4.39 83 30 15 0 0 6 256.0 238 132 125 25 84 5 173 22 0 7 1087 107 1.258 8.4 0.9 3.0 6.1 2.06
TBD (2 yrs) 21 24 .467 4.23 56 56 0 4 2 0 342.2 357 168 161 44 125 4 259 33 1 5 1483 114 1.407 9.4 1.2 3.3 6.8 2.07
COL (1 yr) 5 9 .357 6.04 19 19 0 0 0 0 101.1 120 77 68 14 46 6 80 12 2 1 470 96 1.638 10.7 1.2 4.1 7.1 1.74
AL (5 yrs) 35 33 .515 4.30 139 86 15 4 2 6 598.2 595 300 286 69 209 9 432 55 1 12 2570 111 1.343 8.9 1.0 3.1 6.5 2.07
NL (1 yr) 5 9 .357 6.04 19 19 0 0 0 0 101.1 120 77 68 14 46 6 80 12 2 1 470 96 1.638 10.7 1.2 4.1 7.1 1.74

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
1998 29 TBD AL 202.0 32 32 84 3.74 4.99 0.55 0.18 102.0 4.71 22 2.2 -0.1 3.9 48 .568 .513 $245,000 AS,RoY-2
1999 30 TBD AL 140.2 24 24 84 5.37 5.50 -0.33 0.21 101.1 6.11 12 1.2 -0.1 2.3 31 .548 .507 $250,000
2000 31 COL NL 101.1 19 19 77 6.84 5.42 0.34 0.20 118.1 6.23 -7 -0.7 -0.1 0.0 4 .465 .496 $325,000
2000 31 BOS AL 71.1 13 13 41 5.17 5.48 0.24 0.21 101.6 5.54 2 0.2 -0.0 0.8 13 .517 .501 $
2001 32 BOS AL 103.1 41 9 44 3.83 4.74 -0.31 -0.10 99.7 4.94 12 1.2 1.5 0.0 2.2 26 .530 .507 $1,625,000
2002 33 BOS AL 81.1 29 8 47 5.20 4.80 0.42 -0.10 97.6 4.17 -10 -0.9 1.3 -0.2 -0.4 1 .468 .494 $1,900,000
5 Seasons 700.0 158 105 377 4.85 5.14 0.17 0.12 103.3 5.27 32 3.2 1.4 -0.5 8.8 121 .520 .503 $4,345,000
BOS (3 yrs) 256.0 83 30 132 4.64 4.96 0.07 -0.01 99.6 4.86 5 0.5 1.4 -0.2 2.6 39 .506 .501 $3,525,000
TBD (2 yrs) 342.2 56 56 168 4.41 5.20 0.19 0.20 101.6 5.28 34 3.3 -0.2 6.2 78 .560 .510 $495,000
COL (1 yr) 101.1 19 19 77 6.84 5.42 0.34 0.20 118.1 6.23 -7 -0.7 -0.1 0.0 4 .465 .496 $325,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1998 TBD AL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
1998 29 TBD AL 32 853 761 84 195 33 6 21 17 10 65 152 .256 .329 .398 .727 .294 303 21 19 5 3 2 6
1999 30 TBD AL 24 630 548 84 162 35 5 23 12 6 60 107 .296 .378 .504 .881 .330 276 15 14 5 3 2 3
2000 31 BOS AL 13 301 274 41 67 12 3 10 5 2 22 44 .245 .310 .420 .730 .259 115 6 4 1 0 0 2
2000 31 COL NL 19 470 402 77 120 26 5 14 5 4 46 80 .299 .381 .493 .874 .337 198 13 12 3 7 6 8
2000 31 TOT MLB 32 771 676 118 187 38 8 24 10 6 68 124 .277 .353 .463 .816 .305 313 19 16 4 7 6 10
2001 32 BOS AL 41 438 383 44 88 22 0 8 8 1 35 78 .230 .313 .350 .662 .268 134 7 12 6 2 4 3
2002 33 BOS AL 29 348 308 47 83 14 3 7 2 2 27 51 .269 .337 .403 .740 .300 124 10 6 4 3 1 2
5 Yrs 158 3040 2676 377 715 142 22 83 49 25 255 512 .267 .344 .430 .774 .301 1150 72 67 24 18 15 24
162 Game Avg. 41 786 692 97 185 37 6 21 13 6 66 132 .267 .344 .430 .774 .301 297 19 17 6 5 4 6
MLB Averages .267 .338 .427 .765 .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
1998 29 TBD AL 27.6 2.7 885 2.8 15.9 -13.1 .95 1.4 1.5 30.2 3.0 0.95 19.7 0 0 0
1999 30 TBD AL -1.2 -0.1 652 -0.2 11.7 -11.9 1.03 -0.5 0.4 -1.6 -0.2 1.03 -4.4 0 0 0
2000 31 TOT MLB -1.6 -0.2 793 -1.5 13.4 -14.9 .99 -0.7 -0.8 -16.4 -1.3 0.99 -9.2 0 0 0
2000 31 COL NL -3.0 -0.3 483 -1.5 8.2 -9.7 1.02 -1.2 -0.3 -18.2 -1.5 1.02 -15.6 0 0 0
2000 31 BOS AL 1.4 0.1 310 0.1 5.2 -5.2 .94 0.6 -0.5 1.9 0.2 0.94 6.4 0 0 0
2001 32 BOS AL 11.9 1.2 452 -0.2 7.8 -8.0 1.09 1.3 -1.5 5.2 0.5 1.09 13.4 16 6 10
2002 33 BOS AL -2.8 -0.3 354 -0.2 5.8 -6.1 1.01 0.1 -0.3 -5.4 -0.5 1.01 0.8 7 7 7
5 Yrs 34.0 3.4 3136 0.7 54.7 -54.0 1.00 1.5 -0.8 12.0 1.5 1.00 20.4 23 13 17

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
1998 29 TBD AL 32 32 14 12 6 3 4 17 15 .531 1 3 2 2 17 53% 54.0 85 15 17 6 0 15 4.3 4.1 6.3 97 6 6 16 4 129
1999 30 TBD AL 24 24 7 12 5 2 5 10 14 .417 2 1 2 0 10 42% 46.0 75 16 13 3 0 14 4.4 4.4 5.9 98 4 8 7 5 139
2000 31 TOT MLB 32 32 10 11 11 2 2 18 14 .563 3 8 0 0 12 38% 0.0 73 15 15 1 2 14 5.7 5.5 5.4 90 9 10 13 0 119
2000 31 COL NL 19 19 5 9 5 1 2 9 10 .474 1 3 0 0 7 37% 42.9 64 18 9 0 1 9 5.6 6.0 5.3 94 4 6 9 0 119
2000 31 BOS AL 13 13 5 2 6 1 0 9 4 .692 2 5 0 0 5 38% 48.8 73 15 6 1 1 5 5.8 4.9 5.5 84 5 4 4 0 115
2001 32 BOS AL 41 9 2 1 6 0 1 4 5 .444 3 1 0 0 6 67% 58.3 76 34 12 2 1 4 4.9 4.8 5.4 83 3 5 1 0 114
2002 33 BOS AL 29 8 1 2 5 0 0 2 6 .250 1 2 0 0 3 38% 47.1 74 3 6 1 0 3 3.6 2.8 4.9 71 4 4 0 0 88
5 Yrs 158 105 34 38 33 7 12 51 54 .486 10 15 4 2 48 46% 49 85 3 63 13 3 50 4.7 4.5 5.7 92 26 33 37 9 139
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.9 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

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 32 BOS AL 41 32 11 3 3 7 5 2 71% 10 3 24 15 63% 7 1.088 16 6 10 18 7 7 12 20 16 5 17 3 5.2 28
2002 33 BOS AL 29 21 4 3 1 4 1 3 25% 8 4 13 4 31% 7 1.013 7 7 7 12 3 6 8 13 17 1 17 0 6.0 32
2 Yrs 70 53 15 6 4 11 6 5 55% 18 7 37 19 51% 1.055 23 13 17 30 10 13 20 33 33 6 34 3 5.5 29

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%
1998 29 TBD AL 853 45% 2.5% 17.8% 7.6% 7.0% 31% 0.97 1.52 69% 22% 7.8% 12% 146 21 14%
1999 30 TBD AL 630 45% 3.7% 17.0% 9.5% 10.0% 39% 0.84 1.33 67% 19% 11.3% 15% 119 15 13%
2000 31 TOT MLB 771 51% 3.1% 16.1% 8.8% 9.1% 37% 0.87 1.29 69% 25% 10.0% 15% 145 19 13%
2000 31 COL NL 470 53% 3.0% 17.0% 9.8% 9.6% 38% 0.86 1.38 67% 27% 9.7% 14% 106 13 12%
2000 31 BOS AL 301 47% 3.3% 14.6% 7.3% 8.3% 37% 0.90 1.18 73% 22% 10.5% 18% 39 6 15%
2001 32 BOS AL 438 48% 1.8% 17.8% 8.0% 6.9% 34% 1.14 1.50 68% 18% 7.1% 19% 83 7 8%
2002 33 BOS AL 348 47% 2.0% 14.7% 7.8% 6.9% 29% 0.86 1.25 73% 22% 6.1% 16% 76 10 13%
5 Yrs 3040 47% 2.7% 16.8% 8.4% 8.1% 35% 0.92 1.38 69% 21% 8.8% 15% 569 72 13%
MLB Averages 47% 2.9% 16.8% 9.0% 8.0% 34% 0.76 1.07 70% 23% 8.3% 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
1998 29 TBD AL 858 3118 3.63 1937 62% 28% 15% 25% 32% 72% 0% 45% 79% 57% 6% 50 34 19% 165 82 8 34% 23 14 -5 0 0
1999 30 TBD AL 631 2350 3.72 1425 61% 30% 15% 24% 32% 70% 1% 42% 79% 55% 6% 40 19 20% 127 62 6 21% 18 19 -1 0 0
2000 31 TOT MLB 775 2871 3.70 1761 61% 27% 12% 29% 32% 73% 2% 45% 83% 57% 5% 39 23 19% 151 54 7 31% 12 10 -4 0 0
2000 31 COL NL 473 1779 3.76 1084 61% 26% 13% 30% 31% 74% 3% 45% 83% 54% 6% 29 16 20% 93 36 6 34% 5 7 -3 0 0
2000 31 BOS AL 302 1092 3.62 677 62% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 0% 45% 84% 61% 3% 10 7 19% 58 18 1 25% 7 3 -1 0 0
2001 32 BOS AL 440 1636 3.72 1038 63% 29% 16% 26% 30% 71% 3% 45% 78% 58% 5% 24 12 21% 93 45 5 23% 18 8 -2 0 0
2002 33 BOS AL 349 1240 3.55 790 64% 31% 11% 25% 33% 69% 1% 44% 84% 59% 6% 21 14 21% 74 47 4 43% 14 6 -1 0 0
5 Yrs 3053 11215 3.67 6951 62% 28% 14% 26% 32% 72% 1% 44% 81% 57% 6% 174 102 20% 610 290 30 30% 85 57 -13 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 20% 28%

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
1998 29 TBD AL 853 195 41 1 21 0 8 9 12 12 9 27 18 7 67% 6 3 0 315 17 10 63% 16 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 0
1999 30 TBD AL 630 162 11 4 23 0 14 7 16 15 8 30 13 8 43% 3 2 3 235 12 6 67% 12 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
2000 31 TOT MLB 771 187 17 0 24 1 15 7 17 15 9 48 34 6 71% 10 4 1 288 10 6 63% 8 6 2 0 0 0 3 1 17 0
2000 31 COL NL 470 120 13 0 14 0 12 4 10 10 4 35 22 5 63% 8 1 1 192 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
2000 31 BOS AL 301 67 4 0 10 1 3 3 7 5 5 13 12 1 92% 2 3 0 96 5 2 71% 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
2001 32 BOS AL 438 88 11 1 8 1 16 4 4 4 4 25 15 2 60% 3 2 1 164 8 1 89% 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2002 33 BOS AL 348 83 10 0 7 0 10 4 3 3 4 23 15 3 65% 2 2 0 132 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 Yrs 3040 715 90 6 83 2 63 31 52 49 34 153 95 26 62% 24 13 5 1134 49 25 66% 44 23 5 0 0 2 5 1 45 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+
1998 29 14 12 .538 3.56 32 32 0 2 2 0 202.0 195 84 80 21 65 2 152 19 1 3 853 133 1.287 8.7 0.9 2.9 6.8 2.34 133
1999 30 21 24 .467 4.23 56 56 0 4 2 0 342.2 357 168 161 44 125 4 259 33 1 5 1483 114 1.407 9.4 1.2 3.3 6.8 2.07 114
2000 31 31 35 .470 4.70 88 88 0 4 2 0 515.1 544 286 269 68 193 10 383 49 3 9 2254 108 1.430 9.5 1.2 3.4 6.7 1.98 108
2001 32 36 39 .480 4.50 129 97 11 4 2 5 618.2 632 330 309 76 228 14 461 61 3 11 2692 110 1.390 9.2 1.1 3.3 6.7 2.02 110
2002 33 40 42 .488 4.55 158 105 15 4 2 6 700.0 715 377 354 83 255 15 512 67 3 13 3040 108 1.386 9.2 1.1 3.3 6.6 2.01 108

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies 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
1998 29 12 9 .571 3.42 195.0 187 82 74 20 62 147 18 1.277 8.6 2.9 6.8 2.37 0.9 32
1999 30 6 9 .400 4.87 135.0 154 81 73 22 57 103 13 1.563 10.3 3.8 6.9 1.81 1.5 24
2000 31 9 10 .474 4.15 178.0 163 91 82 21 59 128 14 1.247 8.2 3.0 6.5 2.17 1.1 32
2001 32 6 5 .545 3.48 101.0 87 43 39 8 35 76 12 1.208 7.8 3.1 6.8 2.17 0.7 41
2002 33 3 5 .375 4.96 78.0 81 48 43 7 26 49 6 1.372 9.3 3.0 5.7 1.88 0.8 29
5 Yrs 36 38 .486 4.07 687.0 672 345 311 78 239 503 63 1.326 8.8 6.6 2.10 1.0 158

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1998 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1998 AL  3.56 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1998 AL  2 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1998 AL  19 (1st)
1999 AL  14 (2nd)
2000 NL  12 (5th)
2001 AL  12 (9th)
Career  67 (224th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1998 AL  133 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1998 AL  28 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1998 AL  2.7 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1998 AL  30.23 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1998 AL  2.8 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1998 AL  3.0 (8th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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