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Luis Ayala \eye-YA-lah\

Luis Ignacio Ayala

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 12, 1978 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
High School: Los Mochis (Los Mochis, MX) (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2003 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Expos/Orioles/Yankees/Twins/... 2003-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$1.83M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.121, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Joe Longo [*]
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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
1997		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1999		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
2000	22	SLT	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

2010	32	ARI-LAD-COL-min	AAA	2	10	.167	6.42	36	0	20	0	0	4	47.2	60	35	34	4	18	4	31	4	0	2	221		1.636	11.3	0.8	3.4	5.9	1.72	REN,ABQ,CSP · PCL
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	207	1.268	8.2	0.8	3.2	6.3	1.95
2012	34	BAL	AL	5	5	.500	2.64	66	0	15	0	0	1	75.0	81	27	22	7	14	3	51	4	0	2	320	159	1.267	9.7	0.8	1.7	6.1	3.64
2013	35	ATL-min	AAA,AA	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0		GWI,MSS · IL,SOUL
2013	35	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	5.40	7	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	8	4	4	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	31	82	1.650	10.8	1.4	4.1	9.5	2.33
2013	35	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	55	2.000	18.0	4.5	0.0	9.0
2013	35	ATL	NL	0	1	.000	3.86	5	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	21	108	1.500	7.7	0.0	5.8	9.6	1.67
9 Yrs				37	47	.440	3.38	502	0	155	0	0	19	528.0	551	225	198	53	129	23	352	35	2	10	2228	129	1.288	9.4	0.9	2.2	6.0	2.73
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.440	3.38	68	0	21	0	0	3	72	75	30	27	7	17	3	48	5	0	1	302	129	1.288	9.4	0.9	2.2	6.0	2.73

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
BAL (2 yrs)				6	5	.545	2.81	68	0	15	0	0	1	77.0	85	29	24	8	14	3	53	4	0	2	330	150	1.286	9.9	0.9	1.6	6.2	3.79
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
ATL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.86	5	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	21	108	1.500	7.7	0.0	5.8	9.6	1.67
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	207	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 (7 yrs)				28	38	.424	3.62	354	0	109	0	0	18	362.2	377	161	146	36	87	17	239	22	1	6	1527	120	1.279	9.4	0.9	2.2	5.9	2.75
AL (4 yrs)				9	9	.500	2.83	148	0	46	0	0	1	165.1	174	64	52	17	42	6	113	13	1	4	701	151	1.306	9.5	0.9	2.3	6.2	2.69

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2003	25	MON	NL	71.0	65	0	27	3.42	4.80	-0.04	-0.36	104.6	4.69	10	1.0	1.5	0.1	1.8	16	.515	.506	$300,000
2004	26	MON	NL	90.1	81	0	30	2.99	4.65	0.27	-0.34	105.2	4.25	12	1.2	1.4	0.1	2.1	21	.515	.508	$317,500
2005	27	WSN	NL	71.0	68	0	23	2.92	4.65	-0.02	-0.35	97.0	4.19	10	1.0	1.5	0.1	1.8	16	.515	.506	$363,000

2007	29	WSN	NL	42.1	44	0	16	3.40	4.93	-0.11	-0.35	95.9	4.50	5	0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.8	9	.512	.503	$1,300,000
2008	30	WSN	NL	57.2	62	0	41	6.40	4.78	-0.04	-0.35	99.8	4.47	-12	-1.2	1.4	-0.3	-1.0	-7	.481	.493	$1,700,000
2008	30	NYM	NL	18.0	19	0	12	6.00	4.82	0.11	-0.35	97.4	4.24	-3	-0.3	1.6	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.482	.498
2009	31	MIN	AL	32.1	28	0	18	5.01	4.67	-0.28	-0.34	98.8	4.56	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.1	0.1	2	.493	.499	$1,300,000
2009	31	FLA	NL	7.2	10	0	10	11.74	4.69	-0.40	-0.34	101.1	4.79	-6	-0.6	1.5	-0.2	-0.7	-5	.441	.496

2011	33	NYY	AL	56.0	52	0	17	2.73	4.56	0.02	-0.35	106.5	4.46	11	1.1	.9	-0.2	1.5	16	.522	.507	$650,000
2012	34	BAL	AL	75.0	66	0	27	3.24	4.55	-0.13	-0.34	102.4	4.45	10	1.1	1.2	-0.1	1.8	18	.516	.507	$825,000
2013	35	BAL	AL	2.0	2	0	2	9.00	4.86	0.36	-0.36	100.6	4.16	-1	-0.1	.8	0.0	-0.1	-1	.444	.499	$1,000,000
2013	35	ATL	NL	4.2	5	0	2	3.86	4.69	0.32	-0.35	102.7	4.13	0	0.0	.8	-0.0	0.0	1	.502	.500
9 Seasons				528.0	502	0	225	3.84	4.69	-0.01	-0.35	101.7	4.42	33	3.6	1.3	-0.8	7.8	83	.507	.502	$7,755,500

WSN (5 yrs)				332.1	320	0	137	3.71	4.74	0.04	-0.35	101.2	4.40	25	2.6	1.4	-0.1	5.4	55	.508	.503	$3,980,500
BAL (2 yrs)				77.0	68	0	29	3.39	4.56	-0.12	-0.34	102.3	4.44	9	1.0	1.1	-0.1	1.7	17	.514	.503	$1,825,000
MIN (1 yr)				32.1	28	0	18	5.01	4.67	-0.28	-0.34	98.8	4.56	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.1	0.1	2	.493	.499	$1,300,000
NYM (1 yr)				18.0	19	0	12	6.00	4.82	0.11	-0.35	97.4	4.24	-3	-0.3	1.6	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.482	.498
ATL (1 yr)				4.2	5	0	2	3.86	4.69	0.32	-0.35	102.7	4.13	0	0.0	.8	-0.0	0.0	1	.502	.500
NYY (1 yr)				56.0	52	0	17	2.73	4.56	0.02	-0.35	106.5	4.46	11	1.1	.9	-0.2	1.5	16	.522	.507	$650,000
FLA (1 yr)				7.2	10	0	10	11.74	4.69	-0.40	-0.34	101.1	4.79	-6	-0.6	1.5	-0.2	-0.7	-5	.441	.496

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HBP	BF	WHIP	H/9	SO/9
2011	33	NYY	AL	ALDS	L	DET	6.75	2	1	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	8	2.250	20.3	0.0
2012	34	BAL	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	0.00	1	0	0.1	2	0	0	1	0	3	6.000	54.0	27.0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							5.40	3	1	1.2	5	1	1	1	1	11	3.000	27.0	5.4
2 ALDS							5.40	3	1	1.2	5	1	1	1	1	11	3.000	27.0	5.4

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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	Awards
1997	19	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
1997		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1998	20	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1999	21	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
1999		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
2000	22	SLT	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	96	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	1
2009	31	FLA	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2010	32	ARI-COL-LAD-min	AAA	36	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0		REN,CSP,ABQ · PCL
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	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	34	BAL	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2013	35	ATL-min	AA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MSS · SOUL
2013	35	TOT	MLB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2013	35	BAL	AL	2	0																							/1
2013	35	ATL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
9 Yrs				502	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	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0			0		.286	.286	.357	.643	65	2

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
BAL (2 yrs)				68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	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
ATL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				52	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 (7 yrs)				354	16	14	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.357	.643	65	5	0	0	2	0	0
AL (4 yrs)				148	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2003	25	MON	NL	65	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$300,000	1
2004	26	MON	NL	81	10	-0	-0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.502	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$317,500	1
2005	27	WSN	NL	68	4	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$363,000	1

2007	29	WSN	NL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,300,000	1
2008	30	WSN	NL	62	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$1,700,000	1
2008	30	NYM	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2009	31	MIN	AL	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,300,000	1
2009	31	FLA	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1

2011	33	NYY	AL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$650,000	1
2012	34	BAL	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$825,000	1
2013	35	ATL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0		/1
9 Seasons				500	17	-1	-0	0	0	5	4	0.4	1	5	0.4	.501	.500	0.4	0.1	5	$6,755,500

WSN (5 yrs)				320	16	-1	-0	0	0	4	3	0.3	0	4	0.3	.501	.500	0.3	-0.0	4	$3,980,500
MIN (1 yr)				28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,300,000
NYM (1 yr)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
ATL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0
NYY (1 yr)				52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$650,000
BAL (1 yr)				66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$825,000
FLA (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2011	33	NYY	AL	ALDS	DET	L	2
2012	34	BAL	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	1
2 Yrs (2 Series)							3
2 ALDS							3

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	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	1	2	67%	31%	1
2004	MON	NL	26	P	81	90.1	30	9	21	0	4	1.000	5	11	2.99	0.37	.965	1.84	1.82	1	0	0%	28%	0
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	2	0	0%	29%	0
2007	WSN	NL	29	P	44	42.1	11	3	8	0	0	1.000	2	10	2.34	0.25	.966	1.68	1.67	1	1	50%	24%	0
2008	TOT	NL	30	P	81	75.2	14	2	12	0	1	1.000	1	2	1.67	0.17	.959	1.74	1.72	2	1	33%	27%	0
2008	WSN	NL	30	P	62	57.2	11	1	10	0	1	1.000	1	3	1.72	0.18	.959	1.73	1.72	1	1	50%	27%	0
2008	NYM	NL	30	P	19	18.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.50	0.16	.960	1.75	1.72	1	0	0%	27%	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	5	2	29%	27%	1
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	4	1	20%	26%	1
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	1	1	50%	29%	0
2011	NYY	AL	33	P	52	56.0	13	2	11	0	2	1.000	1	4	2.09	0.25	.949	1.61	1.59	4	0	0%	28%	0
2012	BAL	AL	34	P	66	75.0	17	4	13	0	1	1.000	2	5	2.04	0.26	.954	1.57	1.56	5	0	0%	25%	0
2013	TOT	MLB	35	P	7	6.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.70	0.29	.970	1.62	1.66	1	0	0%	28%	0
2013	BAL	AL	35	P	2	2.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	1.00	.970	1.35	1.55	0	0			0
2013	ATL	NL	35	P	5	4.2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.74	1.70	1	0	0%	28%	0
	9 Seasons			P	502	528.0	146	37	108	1	9	.993	17	6	2.47	0.29	.959	1.71	1.70	22	6	21%	27%	2
	9 Seasons			TOT	502	528.0	146	37	108	1	9	.993	17	31	2.47	0.29	.959	1.71	1.70	22	6	21%	27%	2

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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) Active 502 (33rd)	Games Finished s c a p y Active 155 (39th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2008 NL 81 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y Active 2.47 (3rd) Career 2.47 (16th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y Active .993 (3rd) Career .993 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2488), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1321), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (269th), 8.2 career WAR/10.2 7yr-peak WAR/9.2 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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.
February 10, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
April 10, 2013: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Atlanta Braves for Chris Jones (minors).

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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	34	Baltimore Orioles	$825,000	contracts
2013	35	Baltimore Orioles	$1,000,000
2013 Status		Signed thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$8,655,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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