Luis Ayala
Luis Ignacio Ayala
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 12, 1978 in Los Mochis, 25, Mexico
High School: Los Mochis (Los Mochis, MX) (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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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
2003 25 MON NL 10 3 .769 2.92 65 0 24 0 0 5 71.0 65 27 23 8 13 3 46 5 0 1 288 154 1.099 8.2 1.0 1.6 5.8 3.54
2004 26 MON NL 6 12 .333 2.69 81 0 28 0 0 2 90.1 92 30 27 6 15 2 63 5 1 3 367 168 1.185 9.2 0.6 1.5 6.3 4.20
2005 27 WSN NL 8 7 .533 2.66 68 0 18 0 0 1 71.0 75 23 21 7 14 4 40 6 0 0 293 153 1.254 9.5 0.9 1.8 5.1 2.86
2007 29 WSN NL 2 2 .500 3.19 44 0 11 0 0 1 42.1 43 16 15 5 12 0 28 1 0 1 181 132 1.299 9.1 1.1 2.6 6.0 2.33
2008 30 TOT NL 2 10 .167 5.71 81 0 25 0 0 9 75.2 86 53 48 9 24 4 50 4 0 1 335 75 1.454 10.2 1.1 2.9 5.9 2.08
2008 30 WSN NL 1 8 .111 5.77 62 0 12 0 0 0 57.2 63 41 37 6 22 4 36 4 0 1 257 74 1.474 9.8 0.9 3.4 5.6 1.64
2008 30 NYM NL 1 2 .333 5.50 19 0 13 0 0 9 18.0 23 12 11 3 2 0 14 0 0 0 78 77 1.389 11.5 1.5 1.0 7.0 7.00
2009 31 TOT MLB 1 5 .167 5.62 38 0 13 0 0 0 40.0 50 28 25 5 14 3 28 4 0 0 180 77 1.600 11.3 1.1 3.2 6.3 2.00
2009 31 MIN AL 1 2 .333 4.18 28 0 11 0 0 0 32.1 38 18 15 4 8 0 21 3 0 0 138 105 1.423 10.6 1.1 2.2 5.8 2.63
2009 31 FLA NL 0 3 .000 11.74 10 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 12 10 10 1 6 3 7 1 0 0 42 36 2.348 14.1 1.2 7.0 8.2 1.17
6 Seasons 29 39 .426 3.67 377 0 119 0 0 18 390.1 411 177 159 40 92 16 255 25 1 6 1644 118 1.289 9.5 0.9 2.1 5.9 2.77
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .426 3.67 68 0 21 0 0 3 70 74 32 29 7 17 3 46 5 0 1 297 118 1.289 9.5 0.9 2.1 5.9 2.77
WSN (5 yrs) 27 32 .458 3.33 320 0 93 0 0 9 332.1 338 137 123 32 76 13 213 21 1 6 1386 130 1.246 9.2 0.9 2.1 5.8 2.80
MIN (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.18 28 0 11 0 0 0 32.1 38 18 15 4 8 0 21 3 0 0 138 105 1.423 10.6 1.1 2.2 5.8 2.63
NYM (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.50 19 0 13 0 0 9 18.0 23 12 11 3 2 0 14 0 0 0 78 77 1.389 11.5 1.5 1.0 7.0 7.00
FLA (1 yr) 0 3 .000 11.74 10 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 12 10 10 1 6 3 7 1 0 0 42 36 2.348 14.1 1.2 7.0 8.2 1.17
NL (6 yrs) 28 37 .431 3.62 349 0 108 0 0 18 358.0 373 159 144 36 84 16 234 22 1 6 1506 120 1.277 9.4 0.9 2.1 5.9 2.79
AL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.18 28 0 11 0 0 0 32.1 38 18 15 4 8 0 21 3 0 0 138 105 1.423 10.6 1.1 2.2 5.8 2.63

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2003 25 MON NL 65 288 266 27 65 6 3 8 1 2 13 46 .244 .291 .380 .671 .268 101 9 5 3 1 3
2004 26 MON NL 81 367 343 30 92 18 2 6 1 0 15 63 .268 .307 .385 .692 .312 132 14 5 2 2 2
2005 27 WSN NL 68 293 262 23 75 15 0 7 2 0 14 40 .286 .333 .424 .757 .312 111 9 6 8 3 4
2007 29 WSN NL 44 181 161 16 43 4 1 5 1 1 12 28 .267 .315 .398 .712 .288 64 3 1 3 4 0
2008 30 NYM NL 19 78 75 12 23 5 0 3 1 0 2 14 .307 .321 .493 .814 .339 37 1 0 0 1 0
2008 30 TOT NL 81 335 300 53 86 18 1 9 2 1 24 50 .287 .344 .443 .788 .316 133 7 4 4 3 4
2008 30 WSN NL 62 257 225 41 63 13 1 6 1 1 22 36 .280 .352 .427 .778 .308 96 6 4 4 2 4
2009 31 FLA NL 10 42 33 10 12 1 2 1 1 1 6 7 .364 .475 .606 1.081 .440 20 0 1 2 0 3
2009 31 MIN AL 28 138 124 18 38 10 0 4 4 1 8 21 .306 .358 .484 .842 .337 60 7 3 1 2 0
2009 31 TOT MLB 38 180 157 28 50 11 2 5 5 2 14 28 .318 .384 .510 .894 .357 80 7 4 3 2 3
6 Seasons 377 1644 1489 177 411 72 9 40 12 6 92 255 .276 .326 .417 .743 .307 621 49 25 23 15 16
162 Game Avg. 68 297 269 32 74 13 2 7 2 1 17 46 .276 .326 .417 .743 .307 112 9 5 4 3 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2003 25 MON NL 65 65 24 10 3 8 5 3 63% 27 19 30 5 17% 8 1.353 31 13 21 35 12 18 16 49 17 14 18 16 3.3 17
2004 26 MON NL 81 81 28 6 12 7 2 5 29% 29 21 49 22 45% 8 1.343 38 17 26 41 18 22 28 53 29 25 30 27 3.3 16
2005 27 WSN NL 68 68 18 8 7 3 1 2 33% 25 22 37 11 30% 8 1.502 38 11 18 30 16 22 18 50 14 16 16 25 3.1 15
2007 29 WSN NL 44 44 11 2 2 2 1 1 50% 8 6 22 9 41% 7 0.875 13 9 22 17 9 18 11 33 7 12 8 14 2.9 15
2008 30 TOT NL 81 81 25 2 10 15 9 6 60% 35 19 25 9 36% 1.410 42 16 23 46 15 20 15 66 10 19 11 23 2.8 16
2008 30 WSN NL 62 62 12 1 8 4 0 4 0% 24 19 18 9 50% 8 1.350 32 10 20 33 12 17 11 51 7 14 8 16 2.8 16
2008 30 NYM NL 19 19 13 1 2 11 9 2 82% 11 0 7 0 0% 9 1.606 10 6 3 13 3 3 4 15 3 5 3 7 2.8 15
2009 31 TOT MLB 38 38 13 1 5 4 0 4 0% 7 3 24 8 33% 0.807 9 9 18 10 5 23 13 25 11 9 16 8 3.2 18
2009 31 MIN AL 28 28 11 1 2 3 0 3 0% 4 1 17 6 35% 7 0.604 5 7 14 7 2 19 9 19 10 5 13 6 3.5 19
2009 31 FLA NL 10 10 2 0 3 1 0 1 0% 3 2 7 2 29% 7 1.473 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 6 1 4 3 2 2.3 15
6 Seasons 377 377 119 29 39 39 18 21 46% 131 90 187 64 34% 1.276 171 75 128 179 75 123 101 276 88 95 99 113 3.1 16

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2003 25 MON NL 288 40% 2.8% 16.0% 4.5% 5.9% 26% 1.46 2.06 74% 16% 9.9% 10% 63 9 14%
2004 26 MON NL 367 39% 1.6% 17.2% 4.1% 7.1% 28% 1.23 1.94 75% 19% 5.3% 9% 71 14 20%
2005 27 WSN NL 293 46% 2.4% 13.7% 4.8% 7.5% 29% 0.69 1.04 74% 22% 5.9% 9% 60 9 15%
2007 29 WSN NL 181 46% 2.8% 15.5% 6.6% 5.5% 23% 0.59 0.85 73% 24% 7.4% 21% 42 3 7%
2008 30 TOT NL 335 47% 2.7% 14.9% 7.2% 8.4% 33% 0.89 1.38 73% 20% 7.7% 11% 66 7 11%
2008 30 WSN NL 257 46% 2.3% 14.0% 8.6% 7.8% 32% 0.83 1.34 72% 21% 6.6% 12% 58 6 10%
2008 30 NYM NL 78 50% 3.9% 18.0% 2.6% 10.3% 35% 1.14 1.50 76% 19% 11.5% 10% 8 1 13%
2009 31 TOT MLB 180 37% 2.8% 15.6% 7.8% 10.0% 36% 0.63 1.09 70% 19% 7.1% 11% 35 7 20%
2009 31 MIN AL 138 35% 2.9% 15.2% 5.8% 10.1% 37% 0.66 1.14 73% 18% 7.3% 11% 29 7 24%
2009 31 FLA NL 42 43% 2.4% 16.7% 14.3% 9.5% 33% 0.53 0.88 60% 21% 6.7% 12% 6 0 0%
6 Seasons 1644 42% 2.4% 15.5% 5.6% 7.4% 29% 0.93 1.40 74% 20% 7.0% 12% 337 49 15%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2003 25 MON NL 288 1125 3.91 736 65% 27% 13% 30% 30% 73% 3% 48% 82% 59% 2% 7 1 21% 60 28 1 24% 7 3 0 0 0
2004 26 MON NL 367 1320 3.60 883 67% 30% 11% 27% 32% 70% 2% 47% 84% 61% 2% 9 4 23% 84 38 3 38% 7 3 0 0 0
2005 27 WSN NL 293 1018 3.47 677 67% 31% 10% 25% 34% 69% 5% 46% 86% 65% 5% 14 8 25% 72 42 3 25% 11 2 0 0 0
2007 29 WSN NL 181 677 3.74 434 64% 28% 11% 28% 32% 72% 0% 46% 84% 56% 4% 7 4 21% 38 18 2 46% 1 3 0 0 0
2008 30 TOT NL 335 1257 3.75 813 65% 30% 10% 29% 32% 70% 3% 46% 86% 57% 4% 15 5 24% 79 46 8 38% 6 6 0 0 0
2008 30 WSN NL 257 976 3.80 619 63% 29% 10% 30% 32% 71% 4% 45% 86% 56% 5% 13 3 25% 65 37 7 39% 5 6 0 0 0
2008 30 NYM NL 78 281 3.60 194 69% 32% 10% 26% 32% 68% 0% 47% 85% 62% 3% 2 2 18% 14 9 1 36% 1 0 0 0 0
2009 31 TOT MLB 180 669 3.72 439 66% 28% 10% 32% 31% 72% 5% 47% 86% 66% 3% 6 1 32% 57 31 3 57% 5 2 0 0 0
2009 31 MIN AL 138 523 3.79 350 67% 26% 10% 33% 30% 74% 0% 49% 86% 67% 1% 2 1 32% 44 25 2 52% 3 1 0 0 0
2009 31 FLA NL 42 146 3.48 89 61% 34% 9% 26% 31% 66% 21% 40% 86% 62% 10% 4 0 31% 13 6 1 71% 2 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1644 6066 3.69 3982 66% 29% 11% 28% 32% 71% 3% 47% 85% 61% 4% 58 23 24% 390 203 20 36% 37 19 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2003 25 MON NL 288 65 7 0 8 0 15 3 5 5 3 20 8 4 40% 5 1 0 107 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
2004 26 MON NL 367 92 12 1 6 0 17 3 3 2 4 27 16 0 59% 3 3 1 135 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 27 WSN NL 293 75 6 2 7 0 13 2 5 3 4 27 9 4 33% 2 0 0 112 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2007 29 WSN NL 181 43 3 0 5 0 5 5 0 0 5 14 11 1 79% 2 1 0 72 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 30 TOT NL 335 86 12 2 9 1 4 5 4 6 3 15 10 1 67% 5 1 1 131 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 30 WSN NL 257 63 8 2 6 1 4 3 3 3 3 13 9 1 69% 5 1 0 103 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 30 NYM NL 78 23 4 0 3 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 1 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 31 TOT MLB 180 50 5 1 5 0 7 0 5 3 2 12 5 2 42% 2 0 0 71 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
2009 31 MIN AL 138 38 4 1 4 0 5 0 4 2 2 9 4 2 44% 1 0 0 52 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
2009 31 FLA NL 42 12 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 19 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1644 411 45 6 40 1 61 18 22 19 21 115 59 12 51% 19 6 2 628 12 6 67% 12 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 34 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2003 25 10 3 .769 2.92 65 0 24 0 0 5 71.0 65 27 23 8 13 3 46 5 0 1 288 154 1.099 8.2 1.0 1.6 5.8 3.54 154
2004 26 16 15 .516 2.79 146 0 52 0 0 7 161.1 157 57 50 14 28 5 109 10 1 4 655 162 1.147 8.8 0.8 1.6 6.1 3.89 162
2005 27 24 22 .522 2.75 214 0 70 0 0 8 232.1 232 80 71 21 42 9 149 16 1 4 948 159 1.179 9.0 0.8 1.6 5.8 3.55 159
2006 28 24 22 .522 2.75 214 0 70 0 0 8 232.1 232 80 71 21 42 9 149 16 1 4 948 159 1.179 9.0 0.8 1.6 5.8 3.55 159
2007 29 26 24 .520 2.82 258 0 81 0 0 9 274.2 275 96 86 26 54 9 177 17 1 5 1129 154 1.198 9.0 0.9 1.8 5.8 3.28 154
2008 30 28 34 .452 3.44 339 0 106 0 0 18 350.1 361 149 134 35 78 13 227 21 1 6 1464 126 1.253 9.3 0.9 2.0 5.8 2.91 126
2009 31 29 39 .426 3.67 377 0 119 0 0 18 390.1 411 177 159 40 92 16 255 25 1 6 1644 118 1.289 9.5 0.9 2.1 5.9 2.77 118

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2003 25 5 2 .714 2.70 70.0 62 23 21 8 12 45 5 1.057 8.0 1.5 5.8 3.75 1.0 65
2004 26 6 3 .667 2.59 87.0 87 28 25 6 14 61 5 1.161 9.0 1.4 6.3 4.36 0.6 81
2005 27 5 2 .714 3.00 66.0 75 24 22 7 14 37 6 1.348 10.2 1.9 5.0 2.64 1.0 68
2007 29 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 43 17 15 5 12 28 1 1.310 9.2 2.6 6.0 2.33 1.1 44
2008 30 3 5 .375 5.72 74.0 86 52 47 9 24 49 4 1.486 10.5 2.9 6.0 2.04 1.1 81
2009 31 1 3 .250 6.32 37.0 50 29 26 5 14 26 4 1.730 12.2 3.4 6.3 1.86 1.2 38
6 Seasons 22 17 .564 3.73 376.0 403 173 156 40 90 246 25 1.311 9.6 5.9 2.73 1.0 377

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2004 NL  81 (8th)
2008 NL  81 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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