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Luis Ayala

Luis Ignacio Ayala

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 12, 1978 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
High School: Los Mochis (Los Mochis, MX) (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2003
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Expos/Yankees/Twins/Mets/... 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$650k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.121, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Joe Longo [*]
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 11:55PM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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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
2000	22	-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.76	55	0	52	0	0	25	65.1	69	22	20	4	13	1	38	3	0	1	269		1.255	9.5	0.6	1.8	5.2	2.92	SLT · MEX
2001	23	COL-min	AAA,A+	1	3	.250	2.53	46	0	45	0	0	28	53.1	53	21	15	2	16	4	44	2	1	2	225		1.294	8.9	0.3	2.7	7.4	2.75	SLT,SAL · MEX,CARL
2002	24	WSN-min	AAA	3	5	.375	1.91	55	0	46	0	0	23	61.1	50	19	13	3	19	2	49	7	0	0	257		1.125	7.3	0.4	2.8	7.2	2.58	SLT,OTT · MEX,IL
2003	25	WSN-min	Rk	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	15		1.091	4.9	0.0	4.9	4.9	1.00	EXO · GULF
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	155	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	169	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-min	AAA,A+	0	0		0.93	8	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	5	1	1	1	3	0	6	1	1	0	36		0.828	4.7	0.9	2.8	5.6	2.00	CLB,POT · IL,CARL
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	133	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	76	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	75	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	78	1.389	11.5	1.5	1.0	7.0	7.00
2009	31	FLA-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	9	0	6	0	0	4	10.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	0	0	38		0.700	3.6	0.0	2.7	9.0	3.33	NOR · PCL
2009	31	TOT	MLB	1	5	.167	5.63	38	0	13	0	0	0	40.0	50	28	25	5	14	3	28	4	0	0	180	79	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	106	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	38	2.348	14.1	1.2	7.0	8.2	1.17

2011	33	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		1.80	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	19		1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	12.6		SWB · IL
2011	33	NYY	AL	2	2	.500	2.09	52	0	20	0	0	0	56.0	51	17	13	5	20	3	39	6	1	2	233	212	1.268	8.2	0.8	3.2	6.3	1.95
7 Seasons				31	41	.431	3.47	429	0	139	0	0	18	446.1	462	194	172	45	112	19	294	31	2	8	1877	126	1.286	9.3	0.9	2.3	5.9	2.63
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.431	3.47	68	0	22	0	0	3	71	73	31	27	7	18	3	47	5	0	1	298	126	1.286	9.3	0.9	2.3	5.9	2.63

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	131	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	106	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	78	1.389	11.5	1.5	1.0	7.0	7.00
NYY (1 yr)				2	2	.500	2.09	52	0	20	0	0	0	56.0	51	17	13	5	20	3	39	6	1	2	233	212	1.268	8.2	0.8	3.2	6.3	1.95
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	38	2.348	14.1	1.2	7.0	8.2	1.17

NL (6 yrs)			NL	28	37	.431	3.62	349	0	108	0	0	18	358.0	373	159	144	36	84	16	234	22	1	6	1506	121	1.277	9.4	0.9	2.1	5.9	2.79
AL (2 yrs)			AL	3	4	.429	2.85	80	0	31	0	0	0	88.1	89	35	28	9	28	3	60	9	1	2	371	155	1.325	9.1	0.9	2.9	6.1	2.14

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2003	25	MON	NL	71.0	0	27	46	1	1.4	19	1.5	$300,000
2004	26	MON	NL	90.1	0	30	55	3	1.4	25	2.1	$317,500
2005	27	WSN	NL	71.0	0	23	42	-1	1.5	19	1.8	$363,000

2007	29	WSN	NL	42.1	0	16	26	0	.9	10	0.6	$1,300,000
2008	30	WSN	NL	57.2	0	41	37	-1	1.3	-4	-1.0	$1,700,000
2008	30	NYM	NL	18.0	0	12	11	0	1.5	-1	-0.3	$
2009	31	MIN	AL	32.1	0	18	20	-1	.6	2	0.0	$1,300,000
2009	31	FLA	NL	7.2	0	10	5	0	1.5	-5	-0.7	$

2011	33	NYY	AL	56.0	0	17	33	1	.8	16	1.4	$650,000
7 Seasons				446.1	0	194	275	2	1.2	81	5.4	$5,930,500

WSN (5 yrs)				332.1	0	137	206	2	1.3	69	5.0	$3,980,500
MIN (1 yr)				32.1	0	18	20	-1	.6	2	0.0	$1,300,000
NYM (1 yr)				18.0	0	12	11	0	1.5	-1	-0.3	$
NYY (1 yr)				56.0	0	17	33	1	.8	16	1.4	$650,000
FLA (1 yr)				7.2	0	10	5	0	1.5	-5	-0.7	$

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
2011	33	NYY	AL	ALDS	L	DET	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	2.250	20.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 ALDS							0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	2.250	20.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2000	22	-min	AAA	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	SLT · MEX
2001	23	COL-min	AAA,A+	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SLT,SAL · MEX,CARL
2002	24	WSN-min	AAA	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SLT,OTT · MEX,IL
2003	25	WSN-min	Rk	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	EXO · GULF
2003	25	MON	NL	65	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	26	MON	NL	81	10	9	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.444	.778	95	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
2005	27	WSN	NL	68	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	1	0	0	1

2007	29	WSN-min	AAA,A+	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB,POT · IL,CARL
2007	29	WSN	NL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	30	TOT	NL	81	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	30	WSN	NL	62	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	30	NYM	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	31	FLA-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	NOR · PCL
2009	31	TOT	MLB	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2009	31	MIN	AL	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0	11
2009	31	FLA	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	11

2011	33	NYY-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SWB · IL
2011	33	NYY	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Seasons				384	17	14	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.357	.643	65	5	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.357	.643	65	2	0	0	1	0	0

WSN (5 yrs)				320	16	14	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.357	.643	65	5	0	0	2	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				349	16	14	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.357	.643	65	5	0	0	2	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2003	25	MON	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$300,000	1
2004	26	MON	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$317,500	1
2005	27	WSN	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$363,000	1

2008	30	WSN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,700,000	1

2011	33	NYY	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$650,000	1
5 Seasons				16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$3,330,500

WSN (4 yrs)				16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$2,680,500
NYY (1 yr)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$650,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2003	MON	NL	25	P	65			71.0	28	8	19	1	0	.964	3	8	3.42	0.42	.957	1.84	1.83
2004	MON	NL	26	P	81			90.1	30	9	21	0	4	1.000	4	9	2.99	0.37	.965	1.84	1.82
2005	WSN	NL	27	P	68			71.0	22	7	15	0	1	1.000	2	6	2.79	0.32	.960	1.75	1.73
2007	WSN	NL	29	P	44			42.1	11	3	8	0	0	1.000	1	5	2.34	0.25	.965	1.68	1.67
2008	TOT	NL	30	P	81	0	0	75.2	14	2	12	0	1	1.000	1	2	1.67	0.17	.959	1.74	1.72	2	1	33%	0
2008	WSN	NL	30	P	62	0	0	57.2	11	1	10	0	1	1.000	1	3	1.72	0.18	.959	1.73	1.72	1	1	50%	0
2008	NYM	NL	30	P	19	0	0	18.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.50	0.16	.960	1.75	1.72	1	0	0%	0
2009	TOT	MLB	31	P	38			40.0	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	1	5	2.02	0.24	.953	1.58	1.56
2009	MIN	AL	31	P	28			32.1	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	1	6	1.67	0.21	.953	1.53	1.51
2009	FLA	NL	31	P	10			7.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.52	0.30	.953	1.76	1.70
2011	NYY	AL	33	P	52	0	0	56.0	13	2	11	0	2	1.000	2	7	2.09	0.25	.949	1.61	1.59	4	0	0%	0
	7 Seasons			P	429	0	0	446.1	127	33	93	1	8	.992	14	6	2.54	0.29	.959	1.74	1.72	6	1	14%	0
	7 Seasons			TOT	429	0	0	446.1	127	33	93	1	8	.992	14	37	2.54	0.29	.959	1.74	1.72	6	1	14%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2008 NL 81 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 2003 NL 3.42 (1st)

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

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2008 NL 81 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2003 NL 3.42 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

October 14, 1999: Purchased by the Colorado Rockies from Saltillo (Mexican).
May 15, 2001: Purchased by Saltillo (Mexican) from the Colorado Rockies.
August 13, 2002: Purchased by the Montreal Expos from Saltillo (Mexican).
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
October 23, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
December 16, 2002: Drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2002 rule 5 draft.
August 17, 2008: Traded by the Washington Nationals to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Anderson Hernandez (August 20, 2008) to the Washington Nationals to complete the trade.
October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
February 18, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
July 2, 2009: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
July 3, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
September 5, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 16, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
May 18, 2010: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
May 20, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
July 15, 2010: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
August 27, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
February 9, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2003	25	Montreal Expos	$300,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	26	Montreal Expos	$317,500	4/7/04 AP
2005	27	Washington Nationals	$363,000
2006	28	Washington Nationals	$900,000
2007	29	Washington Nationals	$1,300,000
2008	30	Washington Nationals	$1,700,000
2009	31	Minnesota Twins	$1,300,000

2011	33	New York Yankees	$650,000
2012 Status		not updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$6,830,500

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