Mitch Atkins

Mitchell Shane Atkins

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: October 1, 1985 in Browns Summit, NC
High School: Northeast Guilford HS (McLeansville, NC)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 7th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 22, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 2009
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Orioles 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.039 [*],
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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	18	CHC-min	Rk	2	2	.500	7.89	10	8	0	0	0	0	29.2	42	33	26	0	14	0	20	4	1	8	146		1.888	12.7	0.0	4.2	6.1	1.43	CBZ · ARIZ
2005	19	CHC-min	A-	3	6	.333	5.03	15	15	0	0	0	0	73.1	85	45	41	8	30	0	59	9	4	6	337		1.568	10.4	1.0	3.7	7.2	1.97	BOI · NORW
2006	20	CHC-min	A	13	4	.765	2.41	25	25	0	0	0	0	138.1	110	47	37	10	53	2	127	3	3	4	570		1.178	7.2	0.7	3.4	8.3	2.40	PEO · MIDW
2007	21	CHC-min	A+,AA	9	8	.529	3.57	27	24	0	1	0	0	141.0	129	69	56	19	42	0	106	10	1	4	586		1.213	8.2	1.2	2.7	6.8	2.52	DYT,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
2008	22	CHC-min	AA,AAA	17	7	.708	4.00	28	28	0	0	0	0	164.1	155	87	73	25	50	0	132	7	1	1	696		1.247	8.5	1.4	2.7	7.2	2.64	KNX,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2009	23	CHC-min	AAA	8	12	.400	6.58	27	27	0	1	0	0	146.1	164	113	107	26	52	1	127	11	3	3	656		1.476	10.1	1.6	3.2	7.8	2.44	IWA · PCL
2009	23	CHC	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	24	CHC-min	AAA	8	3	.727	3.63	28	15	3	0	0	1	106.2	98	49	43	14	42	1	76	3	0	3	454		1.312	8.3	1.2	3.5	6.4	1.81	IWA · PCL
2010	24	CHC	NL	0	0		6.30	5	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	12	8	7	2	6	0	10	1	0	0	49	70	1.800	10.8	1.8	5.4	9.0	1.67
2011	25	BAL-min	AAA,AA,A+	4	10	.286	4.85	23	23	0	0	0	0	130.0	123	79	70	13	48	0	107	16	0	1	564		1.315	8.5	0.9	3.3	7.4	2.23	NFK,BOW,FDK · IL,EL,CARL
2011	25	BAL	AL	0	0		8.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	21	10	10	5	3	0	7	1	0	0	56	51	2.250	17.7	4.2	2.5	5.9	2.33
2012	26	WSN-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.49	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.0	50	21	19	3	15	2	33	1	1	0	207		1.327	9.2	0.6	2.8	6.1	2.20	SYR · IL
3 Yrs				0	0		6.75	10	3	3	0	0	0	22.2	34	18	17	7	9	0	17	2	0	0	112	65	1.897	13.5	2.8	3.6	6.8	1.89
162 Game Avg.				0	0		6.75	52	16	16	0	0	0	119	178	94	89	37	47	0	89	10	0	0	586	65	1.897	13.5	2.8	3.6	6.8	1.89

CHC (2 yrs)				0	0		5.25	7	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	13	8	7	2	6	0	10	1	0	0	56	86	1.583	9.8	1.5	4.5	7.5	1.67
BAL (1 yr)				0	0		8.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	21	10	10	5	3	0	7	1	0	0	56	51	2.250	17.7	4.2	2.5	5.9	2.33

NL (2 yrs)				0	0		5.25	7	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	13	8	7	2	6	0	10	1	0	0	56	86	1.583	9.8	1.5	4.5	7.5	1.67
AL (1 yr)				0	0		8.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	21	10	10	5	3	0	7	1	0	0	56	51	2.250	17.7	4.2	2.5	5.9	2.33

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
2009	23	CHC	NL	2.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.12	-0.17	-0.30	112.0	4.46	1	0.1	.0	-0.1	0.1	1	.553	.501	$
2010	24	CHC	NL	10.0	5	0	8	7.20	4.32	-0.27	-0.32	104.1	4.45	-3	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.1	-2	.438	.498	$
2011	25	BAL	AL	10.2	3	3	10	8.44	4.98	-0.16	0.18	108.1	5.75	-3	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.398	.498	$
3 Seasons				22.2	10	3	18	7.15	4.62	-0.21	-0.08	106.7	5.06	-5	-0.5	.2	0.0	-0.2	-3	.449	.499	$

CHC (2 yrs)				12.0	7	0	8	6.00	4.29	-0.25	-0.32	105.4	4.45	-2	-0.2	.2	0.0	0.0	-1	.471	.499	$
BAL (1 yr)				10.2	3	3	10	8.44	4.98	-0.16	0.18	108.1	5.75	-3	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.398	.498	$

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
2009	23	CHC	NL	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	.143	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
2010	24	CHC	NL	5	49	42	8	12	2	0	2	0	1	6	10	.286	.388	.476	.864	.333	20	0	1	0	0	0	1
2011	25	BAL	AL	3	56	51	10	21	3	0	5	0	0	3	7	.412	.446	.765	1.211	.400	39	1	1	0	1	0	0
3 Yrs				10	112	100	18	34	5	0	7	0	1	9	17	.340	.402	.600	1.002	.351	60	2	2	0	1	0	2
162 Game Avg.				52	586	523	94	178	26	0	37	0	5	47	89	.340	.402	.600	1.002	.351	314	10	10	0	5	0	10
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.407	.733	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2009	23	CHC	NL	1.1	0.1	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	.01	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.1	0.01	0.9	1
2010	24	CHC	NL	-2.2	-0.2	49	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.15	-0.3	-0.3	-3.3	-0.3	0.15	-4.0	4
2011	25	BAL	AL	-4.5	-0.4	56	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	1.11	-1.0	0.6	-4.2	-0.4	1.11	-9.9	0
3 Yrs				-5.6	-0.5	112	-0.5	1.1	-1.5	.62	-1.2	0.4	-6.5	-0.6	0.62	-13.0	5

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
2011	25	BAL	AL	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.333	1	1	0	0	1	33%	36.0	56	16	0	0	0	2	5.5	8.1	3.6	77	2	1	0	0	90
1 Yr				3	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.333	1	1	0	0	1	33%	36	56	16	0	0	0	2	5.5	8.1	3.6	77	2	1	0	0	90
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-8					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	23	CHC	NL	2	2	1	0	0		8	.006	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3.0	11
2010	24	CHC	NL	5	5	2	5	1	20%	2	.151	4	1	4	2	3	4	4	0	6.0	41
2 Yrs				7	7	3	5	1	20%		.133	5	3	4	2	5	4	4	1	5.1	32

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%
2009	23	CHC	NL	7	57%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	1.33	1.00	100%	0%	0.0%	33%	2	1	50%
2010	24	CHC	NL	49	59%	4.1%	20.4%	12.2%	8.2%	33%	0.52	0.58	61%	19%	11.8%	19%	10	0	0%
2011	25	BAL	AL	56	48%	8.9%	12.5%	5.4%	14.3%	38%	0.50	0.67	71%	22%	19.2%	13%	15	1	7%
3 Yrs				112	54%	6.3%	15.2%	8.0%	10.7%	35%	0.56	0.67	69%	19%	15.6%	17%	27	2	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	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
2009	23	CHC	NL	7	21	3.00	17	81%	24%	12%	24%	41%	76%	0%	62%	85%	86%	0%	0	0	29%	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0
2010	24	CHC	NL	49	204	4.16	129	63%	30%	20%	25%	25%	70%	0%	44%	71%	59%	4%	2	2	35%	17	9	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0
2011	25	BAL	AL	56	231	4.13	139	60%	32%	10%	26%	32%	68%	0%	41%	85%	55%	5%	3	2	18%	10	2	0	14%	1	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				112	456	4.07	285	63%	31%	15%	25%	29%	69%	0%	43%	79%	59%	4%	5	4	26%	29	13	0	6%	4	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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
2009	23	CHC	NL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	24	CHC	NL	49	12	3	0	2	0	3	0	2	2	0	4	1	3	25%	1	0	0	18	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	25	BAL	AL	56	21	2	0	5	0	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				112	34	5	0	7	0	5	3	4	4	3	6	3	3	50%	2	0	0	49	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	23	0.00	2	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	24	5.25	7	0	3	12.0	13	8	7	2	6	10	1	56	86	1.583	9.8	1.5	4.5	7.5	1.67	86
2011	25	6.75	10	3	3	22.2	34	18	17	7	9	17	2	112	65	1.897	13.5	2.8	3.6	6.8	1.89	65

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2009	23	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	2
2010	24	1	.000	6.30	10.0	12	8	7	2	6	10	1	1.800	10.8	5.4	9.0	1.67	1.8	5
2011	25	1	.000	9.90	10.0	22	12	11	5	3	7	1	2.500	19.8	2.7	6.3	2.33	4.5	3
3 Yrs		2	.000	7.36	22.0	34	20	18	7	9	17	2	1.955	13.9		7.0	1.89	2.9	10

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