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Rick Bauer

Richard Edward Bauer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 212 lb.

Born: January 10, 1977 in Garden Grove, CA
High School: Centennial HS (Eagle, ID)
School: Treasure Valley Community College (Ontario, OR)
Drafted
by the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2001
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Rangers/Indians 2001-2008

Final Game: June 29, 2008
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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
2001 24 BAL AL 0 5 .000 4.64 6 6 0 0 0 0 33.0 35 22 17 7 9 0 16 1 0 0 143 94 1.333 9.5 1.9 2.5 4.4 1.78
2002 25 BAL AL 6 7 .462 3.98 56 1 15 0 0 1 83.2 84 41 37 12 36 4 45 4 0 4 358 108 1.434 9.0 1.3 3.9 4.8 1.25
2003 26 BAL AL 0 0 4.55 35 0 10 0 0 0 61.1 58 36 31 5 24 3 43 4 0 6 259 99 1.337 8.5 0.7 3.5 6.3 1.79
2004 27 BAL AL 2 1 .667 4.70 23 2 7 0 0 0 53.2 49 31 28 4 20 0 37 4 0 1 230 97 1.286 8.2 0.7 3.4 6.2 1.85
2005 28 BAL AL 0 0 9.72 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 13 9 9 2 4 0 5 0 0 0 40 46 2.040 14.0 2.2 4.3 5.4 1.25
2006 29 TEX AL 3 1 .750 3.55 58 1 19 0 0 2 71.0 73 31 28 4 25 0 35 4 0 3 302 130 1.380 9.3 0.5 3.2 4.4 1.40
2008 31 CLE AL 0 0 13.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 10 9 9 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 30 33 2.167 15.0 1.5 4.5 6.0 1.33
7 Yrs 11 14 .440 4.51 187 10 55 0 0 3 317.0 322 179 159 35 121 7 185 17 0 14 1362 99 1.397 9.1 1.0 3.4 5.3 1.53
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .440 4.51 65 3 19 0 0 1 109 111 62 55 12 42 2 64 6 0 5 470 99 1.397 9.1 1.0 3.4 5.3 1.53
BAL (5 yrs) 8 13 .381 4.58 125 9 34 0 0 1 240.0 239 139 122 30 93 7 146 13 0 11 1030 97 1.383 9.0 1.1 3.5 5.5 1.57
TEX (1 yr) 3 1 .750 3.55 58 1 19 0 0 2 71.0 73 31 28 4 25 0 35 4 0 3 302 130 1.380 9.3 0.5 3.2 4.4 1.40
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 13.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 10 9 9 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 30 33 2.167 15.0 1.5 4.5 6.0 1.33

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 Awards
2001 24 BAL AL 33.0 6 6 22 6.00 5.21 -0.09 0.20 91.9 5.05 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.1 1 .443 .498 $
2002 25 BAL AL 83.2 56 1 41 4.41 5.03 0.27 -0.34 96.3 4.26 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.2 0.4 9 .497 .499 $200,000
2003 26 BAL AL 61.1 35 0 36 5.28 4.95 -0.01 -0.37 98.4 4.51 -5 -0.5 .8 -0.1 0.0 2 .486 .497 $325,000
2004 27 BAL AL 53.2 23 2 31 5.20 5.04 -0.18 -0.27 95.8 4.74 -3 -0.3 .6 -0.1 0.1 4 .487 .498 $335,000
2005 28 BAL AL 8.1 5 0 9 9.72 4.75 0.20 -0.36 98.8 4.14 -5 -0.5 .1 0.2 -0.2 -4 .403 .497 $350,000
2006 29 TEX AL 71.0 58 1 31 3.93 4.98 0.06 -0.33 101.0 4.64 5 0.5 1.0 -0.2 1.0 15 .508 .503 $
2008 31 CLE AL 6.0 4 0 9 13.50 4.78 0.18 -0.35 104.3 4.43 -6 -0.5 .1 0.2 -0.3 -5 .364 .497 $
7 Seasons 317.0 187 10 179 5.08 5.01 0.05 -0.28 97.4 4.56 -20 -1.9 .9 -0.1 0.9 21 .490 .498 $1,210,000
BAL (5 yrs) 240.0 125 9 139 5.21 5.03 0.05 -0.26 96.2 4.54 -19 -1.8 .9 -0.2 0.2 12 .486 .498 $1,210,000
TEX (1 yr) 71.0 58 1 31 3.93 4.98 0.06 -0.33 101.0 4.64 5 0.5 1.0 -0.2 1.0 15 .508 .503 $
CLE (1 yr) 6.0 4 0 9 13.50 4.78 0.18 -0.35 104.3 4.43 -6 -0.5 .1 0.2 -0.3 -5 .364 .497 $

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
2001 24 BAL AL 6 143 132 22 35 6 0 7 4 1 9 16 .265 .315 .470 .784 .255 62 3 1 0 1 0 2
2002 25 BAL AL 56 358 314 41 84 7 1 12 5 2 36 45 .268 .348 .411 .759 .278 129 13 4 2 2 4 1
2003 26 BAL AL 35 259 227 36 58 13 1 5 9 1 24 43 .256 .333 .388 .721 .291 88 12 4 1 3 3 4
2004 27 BAL AL 23 230 206 31 49 9 0 4 2 0 20 37 .238 .317 .340 .657 .273 70 5 4 0 0 0 4
2005 28 BAL AL 5 40 36 9 13 4 0 2 0 0 4 5 .361 .425 .639 1.064 .379 23 1 0 0 0 0 1
2006 29 TEX AL 58 302 268 31 73 13 2 4 4 2 25 35 .272 .338 .381 .718 .295 102 12 4 0 5 0 6
2008 31 CLE AL 4 30 27 9 10 4 1 1 2 0 3 4 .370 .433 .704 1.137 .409 19 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 187 1362 1210 179 322 56 5 35 26 6 121 185 .266 .338 .407 .746 .287 493 47 17 3 11 7 18
162 Game Avg. 65 470 418 62 111 19 2 12 9 2 42 64 .266 .338 .407 .746 .287 170 16 6 1 4 2 6
MLB Averages .265 .333 .423 .756 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2001 24 BAL AL -2.7 -0.2 150 -0.5 2.4 -2.9 .99 -0.3 -0.1 -6.7 -0.6 0.99 -3.9 0 0 0
2002 25 BAL AL 2.8 0.3 371 -0.1 6.3 -6.4 1.06 -0.1 0.1 5.8 0.6 1.06 1.2 20 13 22
2003 26 BAL AL -1.3 -0.1 277 -0.0 2.3 -2.3 .50 0.0 -0.1 -7.7 -0.7 0.50 -1.8 4 12 18
2004 27 BAL AL -0.8 -0.1 234 0.6 2.7 -2.0 .57 0.8 0.3 -1.5 -0.1 0.57 5.5 3 4 12
2005 28 BAL AL -4.5 -0.4 40 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .07 -0.5 -0.6 -5.5 -0.5 0.07 -4.2 0 0 3
2006 29 TEX AL 8.1 0.8 312 1.1 5.0 -3.9 .85 0.2 1.1 5.1 0.5 0.85 4.6 13 17 25
2008 31 CLE AL -5.8 -0.5 31 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .14 -0.3 -0.2 -5.8 -0.5 0.14 -3.6 0 0 4
7 Yrs -4.2 -0.3 1415 1.0 18.8 -17.8 .77 -0.2 1.5 -16.2 -1.5 0.77 -2.3 40 46 84

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
2001 24 BAL AL 6 6 0 5 1 0 2 1 5 .167 1 0 0 0 3 50% 46.7 62 17 6 0 0 3 2.5 2.3 5.5 91 2 1 3 0 108
2002 25 BAL AL 56 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 23 8 0 0 3.0 3.6 6.0 92 0 1 0 0 92
2004 27 BAL AL 23 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 58.0 72 44 9 4 1 1 3.9 3.4 5.0 78 1 1 0 0 92
2006 29 TEX AL 58 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 56.0 56 56 13 3 1 0 4.0 4.5 5.3 84 0 1 0 0 84
4 Yrs 143 10 1 6 3 0 2 3 7 .300 2 0 0 0 4 40% 49 72 17 51 15 2 4 3.0 2.9 5.4 88 3 4 3 0 108
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2002 25 BAL AL 56 55 15 6 6 5 1 4 20% 18 12 27 6 22% 7 1.061 20 13 22 22 10 23 19 36 25 14 29 8 4.2 23
2003 26 BAL AL 35 35 10 0 0 1 0 1 0% 4 3 31 13 42% 6 .499 4 12 18 8 2 25 17 18 24 5 24 4 5.3 28
2004 27 BAL AL 23 21 7 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 16 5 31% 8 .572 3 4 12 4 1 16 11 10 15 3 15 2 6.2 36
2005 28 BAL AL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 5 .070 0 0 3 0 0 5 3 2 3 1 3 0 5.0 33
2006 29 TEX AL 58 57 19 3 1 5 2 3 40% 12 7 40 13 33% 8 .845 13 17 25 25 5 27 23 34 17 17 21 9 3.5 19
2008 31 CLE AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .136 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 4 2 0 2 0 4.5 30
6 Yrs 181 177 55 10 8 12 3 9 25% 36 23 118 39 33% .741 40 46 84 60 18 99 73 104 86 40 94 23 4.5 24

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%
2001 24 BAL AL 143 55% 4.9% 11.2% 6.3% 9.1% 37% 0.96 1.16 77% 22% 13.7% 9% 28 3 11%
2002 25 BAL AL 358 58% 3.4% 12.6% 10.1% 5.6% 24% 0.95 1.55 72% 23% 10.4% 13% 68 13 19%
2003 26 BAL AL 259 57% 1.9% 16.6% 9.3% 7.3% 33% 0.66 1.12 70% 21% 5.2% 13% 57 12 21%
2004 27 BAL AL 230 54% 1.7% 16.1% 8.7% 5.7% 27% 1.28 2.13 72% 17% 6.0% 9% 49 5 10%
2005 28 BAL AL 40 53% 5.0% 12.5% 10.0% 15.0% 46% 0.82 1.50 73% 23% 13.3% 12% 10 1 10%
2006 29 TEX AL 302 61% 1.3% 11.6% 8.3% 6.3% 26% 1.14 1.35 77% 14% 4.2% 14% 62 12 19%
2008 31 CLE AL 30 57% 3.3% 13.3% 10.0% 20.0% 60% 0.44 0.56 73% 17% 7.1% 13% 5 1 20%
7 Yrs 1362 57% 2.6% 13.6% 8.9% 7.1% 30% 0.96 1.41 73% 19% 7.7% 12% 279 47 17%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.9% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 12% 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
2001 24 BAL AL 143 547 3.83 347 63% 29% 11% 27% 34% 71% 0% 45% 85% 64% 3% 5 4 22% 31 15 3 25% 4 1 0 0 0
2002 25 BAL AL 359 1350 3.76 798 59% 27% 11% 27% 34% 73% 1% 43% 85% 56% 4% 14 6 16% 58 25 3 29% 7 5 -1 0 0
2003 26 BAL AL 260 984 3.78 607 62% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 12 6 20% 53 24 2 28% 6 3 -1 0 0
2004 27 BAL AL 231 905 3.92 549 61% 27% 12% 30% 31% 73% 0% 44% 83% 55% 6% 14 12 23% 53 25 4 30% 6 2 -1 0 0
2005 28 BAL AL 40 164 4.10 100 61% 29% 11% 29% 31% 71% 0% 43% 85% 50% 5% 2 2 23% 9 4 1 40% 1 0 0 0 0
2006 29 TEX AL 302 1141 3.78 680 60% 31% 9% 25% 35% 69% 0% 41% 87% 55% 5% 15 8 21% 64 31 3 49% 8 7 0 0 0
2008 31 CLE AL 30 118 3.93 76 64% 29% 13% 28% 30% 71% 0% 46% 81% 50% 3% 1 1 37% 11 7 1 25% 2 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1365 5209 3.82 3157 61% 28% 11% 27% 33% 72% 1% 43% 84% 57% 5% 63 39 20% 279 131 17 32% 34 18 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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
2001 24 BAL AL 143 35 4 0 7 0 3 3 4 5 2 6 4 1 67% 2 0 1 50 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
2002 25 BAL AL 358 84 5 0 12 1 7 7 5 5 7 18 12 4 67% 1 4 4 131 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 0
2003 26 BAL AL 259 58 2 1 5 1 10 3 2 3 2 25 15 0 60% 4 6 1 103 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2004 27 BAL AL 230 49 2 0 4 0 6 2 2 3 1 14 7 2 50% 4 1 0 88 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 28 BAL AL 40 13 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 4 0 80% 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 29 TEX AL 302 73 7 1 4 1 14 3 1 1 3 20 13 1 65% 6 3 1 116 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2008 31 CLE AL 30 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 12 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1362 322 21 2 35 3 41 18 17 20 15 91 56 9 62% 18 14 7 517 26 6 81% 25 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 44 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2001 24 0 5 .000 4.64 6 6 0 0 0 0 33.0 35 22 17 7 9 0 16 1 0 0 143 94 1.333 9.5 1.9 2.5 4.4 1.78 94
2002 25 6 12 .333 4.17 62 7 15 0 0 1 116.2 119 63 54 19 45 4 61 5 0 4 501 104 1.406 9.2 1.5 3.5 4.7 1.36 104
2003 26 6 12 .333 4.30 97 7 25 0 0 1 178.0 177 99 85 24 69 7 104 9 0 10 760 102 1.382 8.9 1.2 3.5 5.3 1.51 102
2004 27 8 13 .381 4.39 120 9 32 0 0 1 231.2 226 130 113 28 89 7 141 13 0 11 990 101 1.360 8.8 1.1 3.5 5.5 1.58 101
2005 28 8 13 .381 4.58 125 9 34 0 0 1 240.0 239 139 122 30 93 7 146 13 0 11 1030 97 1.383 9.0 1.1 3.5 5.5 1.57 97
2006 29 11 14 .440 4.34 183 10 53 0 0 3 311.0 312 170 150 34 118 7 181 17 0 14 1332 103 1.383 9.0 1.0 3.4 5.2 1.53 103
2007 30 11 14 .440 4.34 183 10 53 0 0 3 311.0 312 170 150 34 118 7 181 17 0 14 1332 103 1.383 9.0 1.0 3.4 5.2 1.53 103
2008 31 11 14 .440 4.51 187 10 55 0 0 3 317.0 322 179 159 35 121 7 185 17 0 14 1362 99 1.397 9.1 1.0 3.4 5.3 1.53 99

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
2001 24 1 2 .333 4.64 33.0 35 19 17 7 9 16 1 1.333 9.5 2.5 4.4 1.78 1.9 6
2002 25 4 4 .500 4.38 78.0 85 42 38 12 36 42 4 1.551 9.8 4.2 4.8 1.17 1.4 56
2003 26 3 3 .500 4.66 58.0 57 33 30 5 24 41 4 1.397 8.8 3.7 6.4 1.71 0.8 35
2004 27 2 3 .400 4.58 53.0 48 30 27 4 20 36 4 1.283 8.2 3.4 6.1 1.80 0.7 23
2005 28 0 0 10.13 8.0 13 10 9 2 4 5 0 2.125 14.6 4.5 5.6 1.25 2.3 5
2006 29 4 3 .571 3.57 68.0 71 30 27 4 24 33 4 1.397 9.4 3.2 4.4 1.38 0.5 58
2008 31 0 0 15.00 6.0 10 11 10 1 3 4 0 2.167 15.0 4.5 6.0 1.33 1.5 4
7 Yrs 14 15 .483 4.68 304.0 319 175 158 35 120 177 17 1.444 9.4 5.2 1.48 1.0 187

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