John Bale

John Robert Bale

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 22, 1974 in Cheverly, MD
High School: Crestview HS (Crestview, FL)
School: University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1999
Teams (by GP): Royals/Orioles/Reds/BlueJays 1999-2009

Final Game: October 2, 2009
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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
1996	22	TOR-min	A-	3	2	.600	4.86	8	8	0	0	0	0	33.1	39	21	18	2	11	0	35	0	2	4	148		1.500	10.5	0.5	3.0	9.4	3.18	STC · NYPL
1997	23	TOR-min	A	7	7	.500	4.30	25	25	0	0	0	0	140.1	130	83	67	11	63	1	155	1	0	11	603		1.375	8.3	0.7	4.0	9.9	2.46	HGR · SALL
1998	24	TOR-min	A+,AA	4	5	.444	4.68	27	9	7	0	0	4	67.1	69	40	35	6	23	1	78	4	1	6	295		1.366	9.2	0.8	3.1	10.4	3.39	DUN,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
1999	25	TOR-min	AA,AAA	2	5	.286	3.81	39	8	9	0	0	1	85.0	80	46	36	8	26	1	101	0	0	5	357		1.247	8.5	0.8	2.8	10.7	3.88	KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1999	25	TOR	AL	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	3	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	10	42	2.000	9.0	4.5	9.0	18.0	2.00
2000	26	TOR-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.19	21	12	2	0	0	0	79.0	68	35	28	4	41	0	70	2	0	4	338		1.380	7.7	0.5	4.7	8.0	1.71	SYR · IL
2000	26	TOR	AL	0	0		14.73	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	7	6	1	3	0	6	2	0	0	22	37	2.182	12.3	2.5	7.4	14.7	2.00
2001	27	BAL-min	AAA,Rk	1	1	.500	2.08	11	9	0	0	0	0	34.2	32	9	8	1	7	0	48	0	0	2	139		1.125	8.3	0.3	1.8	12.5	6.86	ROC,OLS · IL,GULF
2001	27	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	3.04	14	0	3	0	0	0	26.2	18	14	9	2	17	0	21	1	0	1	113	143	1.313	6.1	0.7	5.7	7.1	1.24

2002	28	NYM-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.54	12	2	4	0	2	0	28.0	22	11	11	2	7	0	27	2	0	1	111		1.036	7.1	0.6	2.2	8.7	3.86	NFK · IL
2003	29	CIN-NYM-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.30	34	2	15	0	0	4	57.1	47	22	21	1	16	0	58	2	0	1	236		1.099	7.4	0.2	2.5	9.1	3.63	LOU,NFK · IL
2003	29	CIN	NL	1	2	.333	4.47	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.1	50	24	23	7	12	2	37	2	0	1	195	93	1.338	9.7	1.4	2.3	7.2	3.08

2007	33	KCR-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	3.24	11	7	0	0	0	0	16.2	18	7	6	1	3	0	12	0	0	0	69		1.260	9.7	0.5	1.6	6.5	4.00	OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
2007	33	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	4.05	26	0	5	0	0	0	40.0	45	18	18	1	17	2	42	1	0	2	179	114	1.550	10.1	0.2	3.8	9.5	2.47
2008	34	KCR-min	AAA,AA	0	3	.000	10.12	12	8	0	0	0	0	13.1	20	15	15	3	5	0	11	0	0	0	64		1.875	13.5	2.0	3.4	7.4	2.20	OMA,NTA · PCL,TL
2008	34	KCR	AL	0	3	.000	4.39	13	3	1	0	0	0	26.2	29	13	13	1	6	0	14	0	0	1	110	100	1.313	9.8	0.3	2.0	4.7	2.33
2009	35	KCR-min	AA	0	0		1.35	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	4	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	25		0.750	5.4	0.0	1.4	6.8	5.00	NTA · TL
2009	35	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	5.72	43	0	12	0	0	1	28.1	34	19	18	3	18	2	24	1	0	2	136	78	1.835	10.8	1.0	5.7	7.6	1.33
2010	36	HIR	Fgn	0	3	.000	7.09	30	0		0	0	1	26.2	29	23	21	3	15	0	21	3	0	0	124		1.650	9.8	1.0	5.1	7.1	1.40	HIR · JPCL
7 Yrs				3	7	.300	4.66	109	12	21	0	0	1	173.2	183	98	90	16	75	6	148	7	0	7	765	95	1.486	9.5	0.8	3.9	7.7	1.97
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.300	4.66	61	7	12	0	0	1	98	103	55	51	9	42	3	83	4	0	4	430	95	1.486	9.5	0.8	3.9	7.7	1.97

KCR (3 yrs)				1	5	.167	4.64	82	3	18	0	0	1	95.0	108	50	49	5	41	4	80	2	0	5	425	97	1.568	10.2	0.5	3.9	7.6	1.95
TOR (2 yrs)				0	0		14.29	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	10	9	2	5	0	10	2	0	0	32	39	2.118	11.1	3.2	7.9	15.9	2.00
CIN (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.47	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.1	50	24	23	7	12	2	37	2	0	1	195	93	1.338	9.7	1.4	2.3	7.2	3.08
BAL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.04	14	0	3	0	0	0	26.2	18	14	9	2	17	0	21	1	0	1	113	143	1.313	6.1	0.7	5.7	7.1	1.24

AL (6 yrs)				2	5	.286	4.74	99	3	21	0	0	1	127.1	133	74	67	9	63	4	111	5	0	6	570	95	1.539	9.4	0.6	4.5	7.8	1.76
NL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.47	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.1	50	24	23	7	12	2	37	2	0	1	195	93	1.338	9.7	1.4	2.3	7.2	3.08

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
1999	25	TOR	AL	2.0	1	0	3	13.50	6.23	0.03	-0.46	104.0	5.97	-2	-0.1	.1	0.1	-0.1	-1	.364	.499	$
2000	26	TOR	AL	3.2	2	0	7	17.18	5.87	0.00	-0.43	98.0	5.33	-5	-0.4	.2	0.1	-0.2	-4	.314	.498	$
2001	27	BAL	AL	26.2	14	0	14	4.73	5.06	-0.07	-0.38	92.7	4.40	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.492	.499	$

2003	29	CIN	NL	46.1	10	9	24	4.66	4.57	0.03	0.15	97.9	4.59	-1	-0.1	.1	-0.0	0.3	4	.494	.500	$

2007	33	KCR	AL	40.0	26	0	18	4.05	5.09	0.23	-0.38	100.1	4.49	2	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.4	7	.506	.501	$1,800,000
2008	34	KCR	AL	26.2	13	3	13	4.39	4.97	-0.47	-0.05	95.1	5.13	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.513	.501	$2,200,000
2009	35	KCR	AL	28.1	43	0	19	6.04	5.20	-0.69	-0.38	98.1	5.41	-2	-0.2	1.5	-0.1	-0.1	2	.495	.499	$1,200,000
7 Seasons				173.2	109	12	98	5.08	4.98	-0.14	-0.19	97.3	4.79	-7	-0.5	1.2	-0.1	0.8	15	.495	.500	$5,200,000

KCR (3 yrs)				95.0	82	3	50	4.74	5.09	-0.24	-0.29	98.1	4.94	1	0.1	1.3	-0.3	0.7	14	.501	.500	$5,200,000
TOR (2 yrs)				5.2	3	0	10	15.88	6.00	0.01	-0.44	100.1	5.56	-7	-0.5	.2	0.2	-0.3	-6	.331	.498	$
CIN (1 yr)				46.1	10	9	24	4.66	4.57	0.03	0.15	97.9	4.59	-1	-0.1	.1	-0.0	0.3	4	.494	.500	$
BAL (1 yr)				26.2	14	0	14	4.73	5.06	-0.07	-0.38	92.7	4.40	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.492	.499	$

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
1999	25	TOR	AL	1	10	8	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	.250	.400	.750	1.150	.333	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	26	TOR	AL	2	22	16	7	5	1	1	1	1	0	3	6	.313	.455	.688	1.142	.400	11	0	2	0	1	0	1
2001	27	BAL	AL	14	113	93	14	18	4	0	2	3	2	17	21	.194	.319	.301	.620	.222	28	2	1	0	2	0	1

2003	29	CIN	NL	10	195	178	24	50	11	4	7	6	2	12	37	.281	.330	.506	.836	.316	90	4	2	1	2	2	0

2007	33	KCR	AL	26	179	155	18	45	6	1	1	0	0	17	42	.290	.358	.361	.719	.383	56	3	1	3	3	2	0
2008	34	KCR	AL	13	110	99	13	29	5	1	1	3	1	6	14	.293	.327	.394	.721	.326	39	5	0	3	2	0	1
2009	35	KCR	AL	43	136	115	19	34	9	1	3	4	0	18	24	.296	.390	.470	.859	.344	54	5	1	0	2	2	3
7 Yrs				109	765	664	98	183	37	8	16	17	5	75	148	.276	.350	.428	.777	.326	284	19	7	7	12	6	6
162 Game Avg.				61	430	373	55	103	21	4	9	10	3	42	83	.276	.350	.428	.777	.326	160	11	4	4	7	3	3
MLB Averages																.266	.335	.425	.760	.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
1999	25	TOR	AL	-1.6	-0.1	10	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	-0.2	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.06	-0.9	0	0	1
2000	26	TOR	AL	-3.9	-0.3	23	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.15	-0.4	-0.1	-6.1	-0.5	0.15	-4.6	0	0	2
2001	27	BAL	AL	2.1	0.2	120	0.5	1.1	-0.6	.52	0.2	0.7	6.7	0.7	0.52	4.5	4	2	7

2003	29	CIN	NL	-1.3	-0.1	201	-0.5	3.3	-3.8	.98	-0.3	-0.2	-2.0	-0.2	0.98	-4.0	0	0	1

2007	33	KCR	AL	3.1	0.3	181	-0.6	2.1	-2.7	.80	0.2	-0.9	0.9	0.1	0.80	4.2	7	7	12
2008	34	KCR	AL	0.6	0.1	115	0.0	1.9	-1.9	.98	-0.0	0.1	2.7	0.3	0.98	0.6	2	2	6
2009	35	KCR	AL	-3.8	-0.4	141	-1.3	2.1	-3.4	1.23	-1.0	-0.1	-15.7	-1.5	1.23	-10.3	18	9	15
7 Yrs				-4.8	-0.4	791	-2.0	10.6	-12.6	.88	-1.5	-0.8	-15.2	-1.3	0.88	-10.4	31	20	44

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
2003	29	CIN	NL	10	9	1	2	6	0	0	1	8	.111	1	3	0	0	2	22%	48.7	74	28	7	1	0	1	2.8	2.5	4.9	81	4	4	1	0	105

2008	34	KCR	AL	13	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.7	42	27	2	1	0	2	3.3	4.5	5.1	83	1	2	0	0	95
2 Yrs				23	12	1	5	6	0	0	1	11	.083	1	3	0	0	2	17%	45	74	27	9	2	0	3	2.9	3.0	5.0	82	5	6	1	0	105
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	100	-12					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1999	25	TOR	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.062	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	46
2000	26	TOR	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	4	.153	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	5.5	39
2001	27	BAL	AL	14	14	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	20	4	20%	6	.522	4	2	7	4	1	9	10	4	8	3	9	1	5.7	35

2003	29	CIN	NL	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.979	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	36

2007	33	KCR	AL	26	26	5	1	1	1	0	1	0%	7	5	12	7	58%	6	.795	7	7	12	9	5	12	9	17	15	8	16	2	4.6	27
2008	34	KCR	AL	13	10	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	5	0	0%	7	.984	2	2	6	7	1	2	3	7	3	0	3	1	3.4	12
2009	35	KCR	AL	43	43	12	0	1	5	1	4	20%	17	10	34	21	62%	8	1.227	18	9	15	19	4	20	20	23	4	24	6	14	2.0	13
7 Yrs				109	97	21	2	2	6	1	5	17%	28	19	74	35	47%		.878	31	20	44	39	11	47	43	54	34	35	38	18	3.5	21

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%
1999	25	TOR	AL	10	30%	10.0%	40.0%	20.0%	20.0%	100%	3.00		30%	0%	100.0%	0%	3	0	0%
2000	26	TOR	AL	22	50%	4.6%	27.3%	13.6%	13.6%	60%	0.25	0.25	45%	36%	14.3%	13%	5	0	0%
2001	27	BAL	AL	113	31%	1.8%	18.6%	15.0%	5.3%	33%	0.80	0.97	64%	20%	6.5%	23%	27	2	7%

2003	29	CIN	NL	195	16%	3.6%	19.0%	6.2%	11.3%	44%	0.78	1.13	70%	20%	9.7%	9%	26	4	15%

2007	33	KCR	AL	179	43%	0.6%	23.5%	9.5%	4.5%	18%	0.90	1.05	64%	19%	1.9%	12%	39	3	8%
2008	34	KCR	AL	110	41%	0.9%	12.7%	5.5%	6.4%	24%	1.02	1.95	78%	18%	2.6%	10%	22	5	23%
2009	35	KCR	AL	136	48%	2.2%	17.7%	13.2%	9.6%	38%	0.89	1.18	66%	18%	6.8%	6%	40	5	13%
7 Yrs				765	35%	2.1%	19.4%	9.8%	8.0%	33%	0.86	1.19	67%	19%	6.5%	11%	162	19	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.9%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	0.78	1.07	70%	20%	8.0%	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
1999	25	TOR	AL	10	46	4.60	26	57%	38%	8%	38%	15%	62%	0%	35%	88%	50%	10%	1	1	20%	2	2	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0
2000	26	TOR	AL	22	78	3.55	41	53%	29%	20%	24%	27%	71%	0%	37%	72%	50%	0%	0	0	14%	3	1	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0
2001	27	BAL	AL	114	489	4.29	286	58%	26%	15%	33%	26%	74%	0%	43%	79%	54%	5%	6	2	22%	25	20	1	19%	3	4	-1	0	0

2003	29	CIN	NL	195	766	3.93	484	63%	26%	19%	25%	30%	74%	3%	46%	75%	54%	4%	7	4	24%	47	21	1	27%	7	1	0	0	0

2007	33	KCR	AL	179	709	3.96	454	64%	32%	14%	28%	26%	68%	2%	43%	79%	58%	4%	7	2	23%	42	22	1	31%	5	3	0	0	0
2008	34	KCR	AL	111	364	3.28	236	65%	34%	10%	18%	38%	66%	0%	43%	85%	63%	4%	4	3	19%	21	15	1	43%	4	1	-1	0	0
2009	35	KCR	AL	136	535	3.93	333	62%	33%	12%	27%	28%	67%	4%	42%	83%	63%	7%	9	5	28%	38	23	2	29%	5	2	0	0	0
7 Yrs				767	2987	3.89	1860	62%	30%	15%	27%	29%	70%	2%	44%	79%	57%	4%	34	17	23%	178	104	6	30%	26	11	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			21%				26%

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
1999	25	TOR	AL	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	26	TOR	AL	22	5	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	67%	1	0	0	8	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2001	27	BAL	AL	113	18	3	0	2	0	8	2	0	2	0	7	5	1	71%	1	1	0	47	3	2	60%	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0

2003	29	CIN	NL	195	50	5	1	7	0	1	7	0	3	4	10	6	1	60%	0	1	0	61	6	2	75%	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0

2007	33	KCR	AL	179	45	7	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	8	6	2	75%	0	2	0	82	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2008	34	KCR	AL	110	29	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9	8	0	89%	1	1	0	43	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
2009	35	KCR	AL	136	34	7	4	3	0	9	2	1	3	0	17	12	1	71%	3	2	0	64	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
7 Yrs				765	183	27	7	16	0	28	13	3	9	7	55	39	7	71%	6	7	0	309	17	5	77%	11	3	6	2	0	0	1	1	23	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1999	25	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	3	1	2	0	4	0	0	10	42	2.000	9.0	4.5	9.0	18.0	2.00	42
2000	26	0	0		14.29	3	0	0	0	5.2	7	10	9	2	5	0	10	2	0	32	39	2.118	11.1	3.2	7.9	15.9	2.00	39
2001	27	1	0	1.000	5.01	17	0	3	0	32.1	25	24	18	4	22	0	31	3	1	145	91	1.454	7.0	1.1	6.1	8.6	1.41	91
2002	28	1	0	1.000	5.01	17	0	3	0	32.1	25	24	18	4	22	0	31	3	1	145	91	1.454	7.0	1.1	6.1	8.6	1.41	91
2003	29	2	2	.500	4.69	27	9	3	0	78.2	75	48	41	11	34	2	68	5	2	340	92	1.386	8.6	1.3	3.9	7.8	2.00	92
2004	30	2	2	.500	4.69	27	9	3	0	78.2	75	48	41	11	34	2	68	5	2	340	92	1.386	8.6	1.3	3.9	7.8	2.00	92
2005	31	2	2	.500	4.69	27	9	3	0	78.2	75	48	41	11	34	2	68	5	2	340	92	1.386	8.6	1.3	3.9	7.8	2.00	92
2006	32	2	2	.500	4.69	27	9	3	0	78.2	75	48	41	11	34	2	68	5	2	340	92	1.386	8.6	1.3	3.9	7.8	2.00	92
2007	33	3	3	.500	4.47	53	9	8	0	118.2	120	66	59	12	51	4	110	6	4	519	99	1.441	9.1	0.9	3.9	8.3	2.16	99
2008	34	3	6	.333	4.46	66	12	9	0	145.1	149	79	72	13	57	4	124	6	5	629	99	1.417	9.2	0.8	3.5	7.7	2.18	99
2009	35	3	7	.300	4.66	109	12	21	1	173.2	183	98	90	16	75	6	148	7	7	765	95	1.486	9.5	0.8	3.9	7.7	1.97	95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1999	25	0	0		13.50	2.0	2	3	3	1	2	4	0	2.000	9.0	9.0	18.0	2.00	4.5	1
2000	26	0	0		13.50	4.0	5	7	6	1	3	7	2	2.000	11.3	6.8	15.8	2.33	2.3	2
2001	27	1	1	.500	3.12	26.0	18	10	9	2	17	20	1	1.346	6.2	5.9	6.9	1.18	0.7	14

2003	29	2	2	.500	4.70	44.0	50	26	23	7	12	35	2	1.409	10.2	2.5	7.2	2.92	1.4	10

2007	33	2	2	.500	3.92	39.0	44	19	17	1	17	41	1	1.564	10.2	3.9	9.5	2.41	0.2	26
2008	34	1	1	.500	4.68	25.0	28	14	13	1	6	13	0	1.360	10.1	2.2	4.7	2.17	0.4	13
2009	35	1	2	.333	5.79	28.0	34	20	18	3	18	23	1	1.857	10.9	5.8	7.4	1.28	1.0	43
7 Yrs		7	8	.467	4.77	168.0	181	99	89	16	75	143	7	1.524	9.7		7.7	1.91	0.9	109

* 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.

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