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Scott Atchison

Scott Barham Atchison

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 29, 1976 in Denton, TX
High School: McCullough HS (Granbury, TX)
School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 49th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed May 25, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 2004
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Mariners/Giants 2004-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$510k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.168, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2004 28 SEA AL 2 3 .400 3.52 25 0 8 0 0 0 30.2 29 12 12 4 14 2 36 0 0 2 133 129 1.402 8.5 1.2 4.1 10.6 2.57
2005 29 SEA AL 0 0 6.75 6 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 7 5 5 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 27 65 1.200 9.5 1.4 1.4 12.2 9.00
2007 31 SFG NL 0 0 4.11 22 0 4 0 0 0 30.2 32 14 14 5 10 0 25 1 0 2 131 110 1.370 9.4 1.5 2.9 7.3 2.50
2010 34 BOS AL 2 3 .400 4.50 43 1 8 0 0 0 60.0 58 37 30 9 19 2 41 1 0 4 253 97 1.283 8.7 1.4 2.9 6.2 2.16
2011 35 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 3.26 17 0 4 0 0 1 30.1 31 11 11 0 6 0 17 2 0 2 122 132 1.220 9.2 0.0 1.8 5.0 2.83
2012 36 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 0.92 20 0 4 0 0 0 29.1 21 3 3 1 6 1 24 0 0 1 113 463 0.920 6.4 0.3 1.8 7.4 4.00
6 Yrs 6 6 .500 3.60 133 1 30 0 0 1 187.2 178 82 75 20 56 5 152 4 0 11 779 122 1.247 8.5 1.0 2.7 7.3 2.71
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 3.60 67 1 15 0 0 1 95 90 42 38 10 28 3 77 2 0 6 395 122 1.247 8.5 1.0 2.7 7.3 2.71
BOS (3 yrs) 4 3 .571 3.31 80 1 16 0 0 1 119.2 110 51 44 10 31 3 82 3 0 7 488 131 1.178 8.3 0.8 2.3 6.2 2.65
SEA (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 4.10 31 0 10 0 0 0 37.1 36 17 17 5 15 2 45 0 0 2 160 110 1.366 8.7 1.2 3.6 10.8 3.00
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 4.11 22 0 4 0 0 0 30.2 32 14 14 5 10 0 25 1 0 2 131 110 1.370 9.4 1.5 2.9 7.3 2.50
AL (5 yrs) 6 6 .500 3.50 111 1 26 0 0 1 157.0 146 68 61 15 46 5 127 3 0 9 648 125 1.223 8.4 0.9 2.6 7.3 2.76
NL (1 yr) 0 0 4.11 22 0 4 0 0 0 30.2 32 14 14 5 10 0 25 1 0 2 131 110 1.370 9.4 1.5 2.9 7.3 2.50

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
2004 28 SEA AL 30.2 25 0 12 3.52 5.08 0.10 -0.38 97.0 4.46 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.5 7 .511 .502 $
2005 29 SEA AL 6.2 6 0 5 6.75 5.08 -0.02 -0.38 98.9 4.66 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .474 .499 $323,000
2007 31 SFG NL 30.2 22 0 14 4.11 4.66 0.07 -0.34 101.0 4.30 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.2 4 .504 .500 $
2010 34 BOS AL 60.0 43 1 37 5.55 4.69 0.18 -0.33 106.4 4.45 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .481 .495 $420,000
2011 35 BOS AL 30.1 17 0 11 3.26 4.49 0.22 -0.34 105.0 4.13 3 0.3 .4 -0.2 0.4 6 .518 .502 $
2012 36 BOS AL 29.1 20 0 3 0.92 4.71 0.62 -0.35 106.6 3.98 10 1.1 .9 -0.1 1.2 13 .555 .507 $
6 Seasons 187.2 133 1 82 3.93 4.73 0.22 -0.35 103.5 4.31 7 0.8 .9 -0.5 1.8 29 .506 .501 $743,000
BOS (3 yrs) 119.2 80 1 51 3.84 4.64 0.30 -0.34 106.1 4.25 5 0.6 .8 -0.4 1.2 19 .507 .501 $420,000
SEA (2 yrs) 37.1 31 0 17 4.10 5.08 0.08 -0.38 97.3 4.50 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.4 6 .504 .500 $323,000
SFG (1 yr) 30.2 22 0 14 4.11 4.66 0.07 -0.34 101.0 4.30 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.2 4 .504 .500 $

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
2004 28 SEA AL 25 133 116 12 29 5 0 4 3 0 14 36 .250 .328 .397 .725 .325 46 3 0 2 1 2 1
2005 29 SEA AL 6 27 26 5 7 2 0 1 1 1 1 9 .269 .296 .462 .758 .375 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 SFG NL 22 131 117 14 32 7 0 5 4 0 10 25 .274 .331 .462 .792 .303 54 3 1 1 2 0 0
2010 34 BOS AL 43 253 230 37 58 9 2 9 6 2 19 41 .252 .310 .426 .736 .269 98 6 1 1 2 2 4
2011 35 BOS AL 17 122 111 11 31 12 0 0 1 3 6 17 .279 .322 .387 .710 .323 43 5 2 1 2 0 1
2012 36 BOS AL 20 113 105 3 21 3 0 1 1 0 6 24 .200 .239 .257 .496 .244 27 2 0 0 2 1 0
6 Yrs 133 779 705 82 178 38 2 20 16 6 56 152 .252 .307 .397 .705 .292 280 19 4 5 9 5 6
162 Game Avg. 67 395 358 42 90 19 1 10 8 3 28 77 .252 .307 .397 .705 .292 142 10 2 3 5 3 3
MLB Averages .263 .331 .417 .747 .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
2004 28 SEA AL 4.2 0.4 136 0.2 2.5 -2.3 1.14 0.3 -0.1 2.1 0.2 1.14 1.9 12 1 12
2005 29 SEA AL -1.6 -0.2 28 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .41 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.41 0.5 0 1 5
2007 31 SFG NL 1.9 0.2 137 -0.5 2.0 -2.5 .93 -0.0 -0.5 3.9 0.4 0.93 0.9 6 7 9
2010 34 BOS AL -2.9 -0.3 263 -0.7 3.3 -4.1 .79 -0.0 -0.9 1.2 0.1 0.79 -1.4 12 11 18
2011 35 BOS AL 3.8 0.4 128 0.2 0.7 -0.5 .28 -0.0 0.8 3.1 0.3 0.28 2.6 0 4 12
2012 36 BOS AL 10.6 1.1 115 0.6 1.3 -0.7 .55 0.9 0.1 10.3 1.1 0.55 9.7 3 7 9
6 Yrs 16.1 1.6 807 -0.4 10.0 -10.4 .74 1.2 -1.7 20.7 2.1 0.74 14.2 33 31 65

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
2010 34 BOS AL 43 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48.0 48 48 22 11 0 1 11.3 22.5 3.0 52 1 0 0 0 52
1 Yr 43 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48 48 48 22 11 0 1 11.3 22.5 3.0 52 1 0 0 0 52
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

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
2004 28 SEA AL 25 25 8 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 15 8 53% 8 1.141 12 1 12 6 7 12 7 18 9 7 10 6 3.7 23
2005 29 SEA AL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 .405 0 1 5 0 0 6 2 4 4 2 4 0 3.3 21
2007 31 SFG NL 22 22 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 6 5 16 6 38% 6 .927 6 7 9 9 3 10 10 12 10 5 12 6 4.2 22
2010 34 BOS AL 43 42 8 2 3 0 0 0 8 7 32 7 22% 6 .786 12 11 18 17 4 21 18 24 24 11 25 7 4.1 22
2011 35 BOS AL 17 17 4 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 5 .278 0 4 12 5 0 12 7 10 10 0 11 4 5.4 28
2012 36 BOS AL 20 20 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 17 6 35% 7 .549 3 7 9 7 2 11 9 11 10 8 11 7 4.4 20
6 Yrs 133 132 30 6 6 2 1 1 50% 20 16 93 31 33% .743 33 31 65 44 16 72 53 79 67 33 73 30 4.2 23

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%
2004 28 SEA AL 133 62% 3.0% 27.1% 10.5% 6.8% 31% 1.08 1.85 58% 16% 11.4% 10% 26 3 12%
2005 29 SEA AL 27 59% 3.7% 33.3% 3.7% 11.1% 43% 0.42 0.67 59% 41% 9.1% 8% 2 0 0%
2007 31 SFG NL 131 68% 3.8% 19.1% 7.6% 9.2% 38% 0.63 0.86 68% 26% 9.8% 11% 23 3 13%
2010 34 BOS AL 253 53% 3.6% 16.2% 7.5% 7.9% 35% 0.91 1.06 72% 15% 10.5% 13% 47 6 13%
2011 35 BOS AL 122 60% 0.0% 13.9% 4.9% 9.8% 39% 0.85 1.09 79% 20% 0.0% 13% 23 5 22%
2012 36 BOS AL 113 50% 0.9% 21.2% 5.3% 3.5% 19% 1.31 1.56 73% 12% 3.2% 14% 26 2 8%
6 Yrs 779 58% 2.6% 19.5% 7.2% 7.7% 34% 0.89 1.16 70% 18% 7.7% 12% 147 19 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 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
2004 28 SEA AL 133 572 4.30 353 62% 32% 18% 27% 24% 68% 4% 42% 74% 53% 9% 12 9 29% 39 20 2 25% 6 1 0 0 0
2005 29 SEA AL 27 128 4.74 83 65% 33% 11% 36% 20% 67% 0% 44% 84% 59% 4% 1 1 26% 7 4 1 33% 1 0 0 0 0
2007 31 SFG NL 131 492 3.76 328 67% 28% 12% 31% 29% 72% 0% 48% 83% 61% 3% 4 2 29% 38 23 5 24% 5 2 0 0 0
2010 34 BOS AL 253 986 3.90 626 63% 29% 12% 28% 31% 71% 2% 45% 83% 57% 3% 8 4 23% 59 27 3 29% 6 2 0 0 0
2011 35 BOS AL 124 475 3.83 312 66% 30% 12% 27% 31% 70% 0% 46% 83% 55% 3% 4 4 19% 23 9 1 24% 2 0 -2 0 0
2012 36 BOS AL 113 394 3.49 258 65% 30% 14% 24% 32% 70% 3% 46% 81% 58% 4% 5 3 19% 21 13 1 21% 5 1 0 0 0
6 Yrs 781 3047 3.90 1960 64% 30% 13% 28% 29% 70% 2% 45% 81% 57% 4% 34 23 24% 187 96 13 26% 25 6 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

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
2004 28 SEA AL 133 29 3 0 4 1 7 2 2 2 2 6 6 1 100% 1 2 0 54 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005 29 SEA AL 27 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 7 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 SFG NL 131 32 6 1 5 0 5 3 2 2 3 8 5 0 63% 0 2 0 53 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2010 34 BOS AL 253 58 7 0 9 0 11 4 5 4 5 17 8 3 47% 4 4 1 90 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2011 35 BOS AL 122 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 83% 1 2 1 55 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2012 36 BOS AL 113 21 5 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 8 5 2 63% 0 1 0 47 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Yrs 779 178 27 1 20 1 28 10 10 9 11 46 29 6 63% 6 11 2 306 16 6 73% 15 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2004 28 2 3 .400 3.52 25 0 8 0 0 0 30.2 29 12 12 4 14 2 36 0 0 2 133 129 1.402 8.5 1.2 4.1 10.6 2.57 129
2005 29 2 3 .400 4.10 31 0 10 0 0 0 37.1 36 17 17 5 15 2 45 0 0 2 160 110 1.366 8.7 1.2 3.6 10.8 3.00 110
2006 30 2 3 .400 4.10 31 0 10 0 0 0 37.1 36 17 17 5 15 2 45 0 0 2 160 110 1.366 8.7 1.2 3.6 10.8 3.00 110
2007 31 2 3 .400 4.10 53 0 14 0 0 0 68.0 68 31 31 10 25 2 70 1 0 4 291 110 1.368 9.0 1.3 3.3 9.3 2.80 110
2008 32 2 3 .400 4.10 53 0 14 0 0 0 68.0 68 31 31 10 25 2 70 1 0 4 291 110 1.368 9.0 1.3 3.3 9.3 2.80 110
2009 33 2 3 .400 4.10 53 0 14 0 0 0 68.0 68 31 31 10 25 2 70 1 0 4 291 110 1.368 9.0 1.3 3.3 9.3 2.80 110
2010 34 4 6 .400 4.29 96 1 22 0 0 0 128.0 126 68 61 19 44 4 111 2 0 8 544 104 1.328 8.9 1.3 3.1 7.8 2.52 104
2011 35 5 6 .455 4.09 113 1 26 0 0 1 158.1 157 79 72 19 50 4 128 4 0 10 666 108 1.307 8.9 1.1 2.8 7.3 2.56 108
2012 36 6 6 .500 3.60 133 1 30 0 0 1 187.2 178 82 75 20 56 5 152 4 0 11 779 122 1.247 8.5 1.0 2.7 7.3 2.71 122

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
2004 28 2 1 .667 3.60 30.0 29 13 12 4 14 35 0 1.433 8.7 4.2 10.5 2.50 1.2 25
2005 29 0 0 9.00 6.0 8 7 6 1 1 8 0 1.500 12.0 1.5 12.0 8.00 1.5 6
2007 31 2 1 .667 3.90 30.0 30 14 13 5 9 25 1 1.300 9.0 2.7 7.5 2.78 1.5 22
2010 34 3 3 .500 4.66 58.0 58 33 30 9 19 40 1 1.328 9.0 2.9 6.2 2.11 1.4 43
2011 35 2 1 .667 4.00 27.0 32 13 12 0 6 15 2 1.407 10.7 2.0 5.0 2.50 0.0 17
2012 36 3 0 1.000 0.93 29.0 21 3 3 1 6 23 0 0.931 6.5 1.9 7.1 3.83 0.3 20
6 Yrs 12 6 .667 3.80 180.0 178 83 76 20 55 146 4 1.294 8.9 7.3 2.65 1.0 133

* 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

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  11 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2012 AL  1.1 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2012 AL  10.34 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2012 AL  0.9 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2012 AL  1.1 (10th)

                                         

† 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.

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