Jonah Bayliss

Jonah James Bayliss

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 13, 1980 in North Adams, MA
High School: Lawrence Academy (Groton, MA)
School: Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 7th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 2005
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Royals 2005-2007

Final Game: August 3, 2007
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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
2002	21	KCR-min	A-	4	8	.333	5.35	15	15	0	0	0	0	70.2	70	46	42	9	29	0	38	7	2	7	307		1.401	8.9	1.1	3.7	4.8	1.31	SPO · NORW
2003	22	KCR-min	A	7	12	.368	3.86	26	26	0	2	1	0	140.0	129	78	60	11	69	0	133	10	0	9	624		1.414	8.3	0.7	4.4	8.6	1.93	BUR · MIDW
2004	23	KCR-min	A+	6	6	.500	4.93	24	24	0	0	0	0	111.1	119	70	61	11	44	0	79	9	2	6	485		1.464	9.6	0.9	3.6	6.4	1.80	WMT · CARL
2005	24	KCR-min	AA	1	2	.333	2.84	30	0	15	0	0	8	57.0	43	19	18	5	26	0	63	2	0	5	236		1.211	6.8	0.8	4.1	9.9	2.42	WCH · TL
2005	24	KCR	AL	0	0		4.63	11	0	7	0	0	0	11.2	7	6	6	2	4	0	10	2	0	0	48	98	0.943	5.4	1.5	3.1	7.7	2.50
2006	25	PIT-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.17	46	0	36	0	0	23	58.0	37	15	14	4	28	6	67	3	0	4	241		1.121	5.7	0.6	4.3	10.4	2.39	INA · IL
2006	25	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	4.30	11	0	5	0	0	0	14.2	13	7	7	1	11	2	15	1	0	2	69	106	1.636	8.0	0.6	6.8	9.2	1.36
2007	26	PIT-min	AAA	3	2	.600	7.06	16	0	9	0	0	0	21.2	23	19	17	5	10	1	17	0	0	0	97		1.523	9.6	2.1	4.2	7.1	1.70	INA · IL
2007	26	PIT	NL	4	3	.571	8.36	39	0	11	0	0	0	37.2	51	36	35	8	18	2	29	2	0	1	179	52	1.832	12.2	1.9	4.3	6.9	1.61
2008	27	PIT-TOR-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.58	54	0	25	0	0	5	72.2	81	42	37	8	25	1	54	3	0	8	321		1.459	10.0	1.0	3.1	6.7	2.16	INA,SYR · IL
2009	28	TOR-min	AAA,Fgn	7	2	.778	3.80	57	0	17	0	0	6	64.0	57	29	27	6	32	2	54	0	0	5	280		1.391	8.0	0.8	4.5	7.6	1.69	LVG,SEI · PCL,JPPL
2010	29	HOU-min	AAA	1	4	.200	3.58	43	0	12	0	0	0	65.1	65	27	26	7	21	3	61	2	0	3	278		1.316	9.0	1.0	2.9	8.4	2.90	RRK · PCL
3 Yrs				5	4	.556	6.75	61	0	23	0	0	0	64.0	71	49	48	11	33	4	54	5	0	3	296	66	1.625	10.0	1.5	4.6	7.6	1.64
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.556	6.75	68	0	26	0	0	0	71	79	55	54	12	37	4	60	6	0	3	330	66	1.625	10.0	1.5	4.6	7.6	1.64

PIT (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	7.22	50	0	16	0	0	0	52.1	64	43	42	9	29	4	44	3	0	3	248	61	1.777	11.0	1.5	5.0	7.6	1.52
KCR (1 yr)				0	0		4.63	11	0	7	0	0	0	11.2	7	6	6	2	4	0	10	2	0	0	48	98	0.943	5.4	1.5	3.1	7.7	2.50

NL (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	7.22	50	0	16	0	0	0	52.1	64	43	42	9	29	4	44	3	0	3	248	61	1.777	11.0	1.5	5.0	7.6	1.52
AL (1 yr)				0	0		4.63	11	0	7	0	0	0	11.2	7	6	6	2	4	0	10	2	0	0	48	98	0.943	5.4	1.5	3.1	7.7	2.50

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
2005	24	KCR	AL	11.2	11	0	6	4.63	5.10	-0.60	-0.38	99.8	5.30	1	0.1	.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.507	.500	$
2006	25	PIT	NL	14.2	11	0	7	4.30	4.76	-0.25	-0.35	96.4	4.49	0	0.0	.7	-0.0	0.1	2	.503	.500	$
2007	26	PIT	NL	37.2	39	0	36	8.60	4.81	-0.14	-0.35	98.3	4.53	-17	-1.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-13	.458	.490	$384,000
3 Seasons				64.0	61	0	49	6.89	4.85	-0.25	-0.35	98.1	4.66	-16	-1.5	.8	-0.2	-1.2	-9	.475	.497	$384,000

PIT (2 yrs)				52.1	50	0	43	7.39	4.79	-0.17	-0.35	97.8	4.52	-17	-1.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.3	-11	.468	.495	$384,000
KCR (1 yr)				11.2	11	0	6	4.63	5.10	-0.60	-0.38	99.8	5.30	1	0.1	.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.507	.500	$

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
2005	24	KCR	AL	11	48	42	6	7	1	0	2	1	0	4	10	.167	.271	.333	.604	.167	14	1	2	0	0	0	1
2006	25	PIT	NL	11	69	54	7	13	2	0	1	2	0	11	15	.241	.373	.333	.706	.308	18	0	1	2	1	2	0
2007	26	PIT	NL	39	179	158	36	51	12	1	8	4	1	18	29	.323	.397	.563	.960	.352	89	3	2	0	1	2	0
3 Yrs				61	296	254	49	71	15	1	11	7	1	33	54	.280	.371	.476	.847	.314	121	4	5	2	2	4	1
162 Game Avg.				68	330	283	55	79	17	1	12	8	1	37	60	.280	.371	.476	.847	.314	135	4	6	2	2	4	1
MLB Averages																.267	.334	.425	.759	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2005	24	KCR	AL	0.1	0.0	49	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.07	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.07	1.0	0	0	9
2006	25	PIT	NL	0.7	0.1	73	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.78	-0.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.78	-0.8	2	2	7
2007	26	PIT	NL	-16.1	-1.5	183	0.4	2.7	-2.3	.78	-0.8	1.3	-12.3	-1.2	0.78	-13.0	12	6	20
3 Yrs				-15.3	-1.4	305	0.3	3.5	-3.3	.67	-0.5	0.9	-14.3	-1.4	0.67	-12.7	14	8	36

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	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
2005	24	KCR	AL	11	11	7	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	1	14%	7	.074	0	0	9	0	0	11	3	8	2	2	3	2	3.2	18
2006	25	PIT	NL	11	11	5	1	1	0	0		1	1	4	3	75%	8	.781	2	2	7	1	2	8	3	8	4	3	4	1	4.0	22
2007	26	PIT	NL	39	39	11	4	3	1	1	0%	5	4	27	5	19%	7	.778	12	6	20	7	6	26	17	22	9	21	12	15	2.9	18
3 Yrs				61	61	23	5	4	1	1	0%	6	5	38	9	24%		.665	14	8	36	8	8	45	23	38	15	26	19	18	3.1	19

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%
2005	24	KCR	AL	48	52%	4.2%	20.8%	8.3%	6.3%	43%	0.33	0.39	63%	13%	11.8%	29%	9	1	11%
2006	25	PIT	NL	69	68%	1.5%	21.7%	15.9%	4.4%	23%	0.50	0.71	57%	21%	4.2%	8%	14	0	0%
2007	26	PIT	NL	179	71%	4.5%	16.2%	10.1%	11.7%	41%	0.38	0.51	68%	18%	10.7%	20%	35	3	9%
3 Yrs				296	67%	3.7%	18.2%	11.2%	9.1%	38%	0.40	0.52	65%	18%	9.5%	19%	58	4	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	16.8%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	11%			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
2005	24	KCR	AL	48	195	4.06	119	61%	30%	18%	25%	27%	70%	0%	43%	75%	56%	8%	4	2	29%	14	8	1	40%	3	2	0	0	0
2006	25	PIT	NL	69	244	3.54	143	59%	21%	23%	27%	29%	79%	5%	46%	71%	55%	9%	6	1	16%	11	6	0	7%	4	3	0	0	0
2007	26	PIT	NL	179	705	3.94	430	61%	19%	20%	31%	30%	81%	2%	50%	76%	59%	4%	7	3	24%	43	18	6	24%	3	2	0	0	0
3 Yrs				296	1144	3.86	692	60%	21%	20%	29%	29%	79%	2%	48%	75%	57%	6%	17	6	23%	68	32	7	22%	10	7	0	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
2005	24	KCR	AL	48	7	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	19	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	25	PIT	NL	69	13	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	1	50%	0	2	0	32	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2007	26	PIT	NL	179	51	2	0	8	1	9	3	5	6	2	9	5	2	56%	0	1	0	71	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				296	71	2	0	11	1	11	4	7	6	5	13	7	3	54%	1	3	0	122	7	1	88%	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2005	24	0	0		4.63	11	7	11.2	7	6	6	2	4	0	10	2	0	48	98	0.943	5.4	1.5	3.1	7.7	2.50	98
2006	25	1	1	.500	4.44	22	12	26.1	20	13	13	3	15	2	25	3	2	117	102	1.329	6.8	1.0	5.1	8.5	1.67	102
2007	26	5	4	.556	6.75	61	23	64.0	71	49	48	11	33	4	54	5	3	296	66	1.625	10.0	1.5	4.6	7.6	1.64	66

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
2005	24	0	1	.000	4.50	12.0	7	7	6	2	4	10	2	0.917	5.3	3.0	7.5	2.50	1.5	11
2006	25	1	0	1.000	3.60	15.0	12	7	6	1	10	16	1	1.467	7.2	6.0	9.6	1.60	0.6	11
2007	26	1	3	.250	8.50	36.0	50	38	34	8	18	28	2	1.889	12.5	4.5	7.0	1.56	2.0	39
3 Yrs		2	4	.333	6.57	63.0	69	52	46	11	32	54	5	1.603	9.9		7.7	1.69	1.6	61

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