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Matt Belisle

Matthew Thomas Belisle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 6, 1980 in Austin, TX
High School: McCallum HS (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed August 23, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 2003
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Reds 2003-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$10.48M (11-13) & 14 mutual option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.019, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Greg Landry), previously: SFX [*]
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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 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003 23 CIN NL 1 1 .500 5.19 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 10 5 5 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 39 83 1.385 10.4 1.0 2.1 6.2 3.00
2005 25 CIN NL 4 8 .333 4.41 60 5 17 0 0 1 85.2 101 49 42 11 26 6 59 6 0 3 382 97 1.482 10.6 1.2 2.7 6.2 2.27
2006 26 CIN NL 2 0 1.000 3.60 30 2 5 0 0 0 40.0 43 18 16 5 19 1 26 3 0 3 180 131 1.550 9.7 1.1 4.3 5.9 1.37
2007 27 CIN NL 8 9 .471 5.32 30 30 0 1 0 0 177.2 212 111 105 26 43 4 125 7 1 6 771 87 1.435 10.7 1.3 2.2 6.3 2.91
2008 28 CIN NL 1 4 .200 7.28 6 6 0 0 0 0 29.2 47 27 24 4 6 0 14 0 0 2 142 61 1.787 14.3 1.2 1.8 4.2 2.33
2009 29 COL NL 3 1 .750 5.52 24 0 6 0 0 0 31.0 35 21 19 6 5 1 22 1 0 1 133 86 1.290 10.2 1.7 1.5 6.4 4.40
2010 30 COL NL 7 5 .583 2.93 76 0 11 0 0 1 92.0 84 34 30 7 16 5 91 2 1 3 365 158 1.087 8.2 0.7 1.6 8.9 5.69
2011 31 COL NL 10 4 .714 3.25 74 0 10 0 0 0 72.0 77 33 26 5 14 3 58 4 0 2 301 138 1.264 9.6 0.6 1.8 7.3 4.14
2012 32 COL NL 2 2 .500 2.39 25 0 5 0 0 0 26.1 27 9 7 1 2 0 23 1 0 1 112 191 1.101 9.2 0.3 0.7 7.9 11.50
9 Yrs 38 34 .528 4.38 331 43 56 1 0 2 563.0 636 307 274 66 133 20 424 25 2 21 2425 104 1.366 10.2 1.1 2.1 6.8 3.19
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .528 4.38 60 8 10 0 0 0 102 116 56 50 12 24 4 77 5 0 4 441 104 1.366 10.2 1.1 2.1 6.8 3.19
CIN (5 yrs) 16 22 .421 5.06 132 43 24 1 0 1 341.2 413 210 192 47 96 11 230 17 1 14 1514 89 1.490 10.9 1.2 2.5 6.1 2.40
COL (4 yrs) 22 12 .647 3.33 199 0 32 0 0 1 221.1 223 97 82 19 37 9 194 8 1 7 911 138 1.175 9.1 0.8 1.5 7.9 5.24

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
2003 23 CIN NL 8.2 6 0 5 5.19 4.71 0.03 -0.35 95.6 4.14 -1 -0.1 .5 0.0 0.0 -0 .482 .499 $
2005 25 CIN NL 85.2 60 5 49 5.15 4.59 -0.28 -0.20 100.9 4.71 -4 -0.4 1.2 -0.2 0.0 4 .493 .497 $316,000
2006 26 CIN NL 40.0 30 2 18 4.05 4.70 -0.29 -0.22 101.9 4.87 4 0.4 .4 -0.1 0.5 8 .512 .502 $343,500
2007 27 CIN NL 177.2 30 30 111 5.62 4.76 -0.33 0.19 103.5 5.47 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.0 15 .493 .499 $390,000
2008 28 CIN NL 29.2 6 6 27 8.19 4.51 -0.19 0.18 94.8 4.63 -12 -1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .334 .494 $1,250,000
2009 29 COL NL 31.0 24 0 21 6.10 4.48 0.05 -0.33 109.8 4.50 -6 -0.6 .7 0.0 -0.3 -3 .477 .497 $
2010 30 COL NL 92.0 76 0 34 3.33 4.41 0.17 -0.33 114.6 4.48 12 1.2 1.2 -0.1 1.8 20 .516 .508 $850,000
2011 31 COL NL 72.0 74 0 33 4.13 4.19 0.12 -0.32 118.2 4.43 2 0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.6 9 .503 .501 $2,350,000
2012 32 COL NL 26.1 25 0 9 3.08 4.21 -0.96 -0.32 116.1 5.63 7 0.8 1.7 0.2 1.2 10 .532 .505 $
9 Seasons 563.0 331 43 307 4.91 4.55 -0.17 -0.11 107.0 4.91 0 0.3 1.1 -0.5 4.0 54 .501 .500 $5,499,500
CIN (5 yrs) 341.2 132 43 210 5.53 4.69 -0.29 0.03 101.7 5.10 -15 -1.4 .9 -0.5 0.7 18 .490 .498 $2,299,500
COL (4 yrs) 221.1 199 0 97 3.94 4.33 0.00 -0.32 115.3 4.61 15 1.7 1.2 -0.0 3.3 36 .509 .503 $3,200,000

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
2009 29 COL NL NLDS L PHI 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00

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
2003 23 CIN NL 6 39 33 5 10 2 0 1 0 0 2 6 .303 .351 .455 .806 .333 15 0 1 2 1 0 0
2005 25 CIN NL 60 382 343 49 101 17 1 11 7 2 26 59 .294 .353 .446 .799 .327 153 8 6 4 2 6 6
2006 26 CIN NL 30 180 155 18 43 8 0 5 1 0 19 26 .277 .363 .426 .789 .302 66 5 3 1 2 1 1
2007 27 CIN NL 30 771 705 111 212 44 3 26 11 6 43 125 .301 .343 .482 .825 .330 340 15 7 7 9 4 6
2008 28 CIN NL 6 142 133 27 47 11 1 4 3 1 6 14 .353 .376 .541 .917 .368 72 3 0 1 2 0 3
2009 29 COL NL 24 133 125 21 35 4 1 6 4 0 5 22 .280 .308 .472 .780 .293 59 3 1 0 2 1 3
2010 30 COL NL 76 365 341 34 84 17 1 7 2 1 16 91 .246 .283 .364 .646 .314 124 11 2 4 2 5 2
2011 31 COL NL 74 301 279 33 77 16 2 5 0 4 14 58 .276 .320 .401 .721 .333 112 8 4 4 0 3 2
2012 32 COL NL 25 112 107 9 27 3 1 1 0 0 2 23 .252 .273 .327 .600 .313 35 1 1 2 0 0 4
9 Yrs 331 2425 2221 307 636 122 10 66 28 14 133 424 .286 .331 .439 .770 .326 976 54 25 25 20 20 27
162 Game Avg. 60 441 404 56 116 22 2 12 5 3 24 77 .286 .331 .439 .770 .326 177 10 5 5 4 4 5
MLB Averages .263 .331 .417 .748 .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
2003 23 CIN NL -0.7 -0.1 39 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .47 -0.1 -0.4 -1.0 -0.1 0.47 -0.6 1 0 5
2005 25 CIN NL -2.8 -0.3 392 -1.0 6.6 -7.6 1.05 -0.7 -0.2 -4.6 -0.5 1.05 -5.1 23 7 24
2006 26 CIN NL 4.5 0.4 186 0.1 1.9 -1.8 .60 -0.4 0.7 1.6 0.2 0.60 -0.9 1 6 18
2007 27 CIN NL -12.1 -1.2 793 -1.7 12.9 -14.6 .96 -0.6 -1.2 -14.3 -1.3 0.96 -9.3 0 0 0
2008 28 CIN NL -9.4 -0.9 147 -1.2 1.8 -3.0 .90 -1.2 -0.2 -13.5 -1.2 0.90 -11.7 0 0 0
2009 29 COL NL -2.6 -0.2 138 0.3 1.7 -1.4 .64 -0.2 0.7 -7.2 -0.7 0.64 -4.5 3 6 14
2010 30 COL NL 14.7 1.5 377 2.2 8.2 -5.9 1.18 1.9 -0.0 14.9 1.4 1.18 20.6 28 21 27
2011 31 COL NL 6.7 0.7 306 0.2 6.4 -6.2 1.20 0.3 -0.1 2.1 0.2 1.20 3.3 29 18 26
2012 32 COL NL 5.0 0.5 113 -0.6 3.0 -3.6 1.59 0.2 -0.6 4.7 0.5 1.59 3.6 13 4 8
9 Yrs 3.3 0.6 2491 -1.9 42.7 -44.6 1.01 -0.7 -1.2 -17.1 -1.5 1.01 -4.7 98 62 122

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
2005 25 CIN NL 60 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 .600 0 1 0 0 1 20% 45.4 60 24 16 4 0 2 6.3 6.1 4.8 73 3 2 0 0 85
2006 26 CIN NL 30 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 55.0 63 47 10 2 0 1 2.5 3.6 4.8 82 1 1 0 0 87
2007 27 CIN NL 30 30 8 9 13 2 1 12 18 .400 4 6 1 0 11 37% 45.6 78 20 13 6 0 13 5.4 5.6 5.9 93 2 16 12 0 116
2008 28 CIN NL 6 6 1 4 1 1 1 1 5 .167 0 1 0 0 1 17% 35.2 49 16 6 2 0 4 4.3 3.1 4.9 86 1 5 0 0 94
4 Yrs 126 43 11 15 17 4 2 17 26 .395 4 8 1 0 14 33% 45 78 16 45 14 0 20 5.2 5.2 5.6 89 7 24 12 0 116
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -13 4.7 4.7 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
2003 23 CIN NL 6 6 2 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 6 .465 1 0 5 1 0 5 1 5 3 0 3 0 4.3 24
2005 25 CIN NL 60 55 17 2 6 4 1 3 25% 13 8 24 8 33% 7 1.050 23 7 24 23 12 20 14 41 14 11 15 14 3.4 18
2006 26 CIN NL 30 28 5 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 3 38% 7 .595 1 6 18 4 0 24 5 23 5 9 5 6 3.3 19
2009 29 COL NL 24 24 6 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 15 8 53% 7 .643 3 6 14 7 2 15 8 16 9 5 9 3 3.9 22
2010 30 COL NL 76 76 11 7 5 2 1 1 50% 23 21 29 10 34% 7 1.176 28 21 27 32 12 32 20 56 29 20 34 21 3.6 19
2011 31 COL NL 74 74 10 10 4 7 0 7 0% 21 14 44 12 27% 7 1.197 29 18 26 29 18 27 27 47 17 32 18 24 2.9 16
2012 32 COL NL 25 25 5 2 2 3 0 3 0% 8 5 19 4 21% 8 1.592 13 4 8 12 8 5 11 14 7 8 9 6 3.2 16
7 Yrs 295 288 56 27 19 18 2 16 11% 69 49 141 47 33% 1.045 98 62 122 108 52 128 86 202 84 85 93 74 3.4 18

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%
2003 23 CIN NL 39 62% 2.6% 15.4% 5.1% 7.7% 30% 1.00 1.00 69% 20% 7.1% 0% 7 0 0%
2005 25 CIN NL 382 62% 2.9% 15.5% 6.8% 7.6% 29% 1.14 1.76 72% 21% 8.9% 7% 79 8 10%
2006 26 CIN NL 180 69% 2.8% 14.4% 10.6% 7.2% 30% 0.98 1.23 70% 17% 8.1% 5% 38 5 13%
2007 27 CIN NL 771 53% 3.4% 16.2% 5.6% 9.5% 34% 0.71 0.95 73% 23% 8.7% 12% 136 15 11%
2008 28 CIN NL 142 46% 2.8% 9.9% 4.2% 11.3% 34% 1.03 2.08 82% 22% 6.9% 2% 29 3 10%
2009 29 COL NL 133 51% 4.5% 16.5% 3.8% 8.3% 31% 0.66 1.03 74% 21% 10.7% 8% 25 3 12%
2010 30 COL NL 365 66% 1.9% 24.9% 4.4% 6.9% 30% 0.88 1.41 67% 21% 6.0% 11% 63 11 17%
2011 31 COL NL 301 62% 1.7% 19.3% 4.7% 7.6% 30% 1.16 1.70 72% 17% 5.4% 9% 62 8 13%
2012 32 COL NL 112 60% 0.9% 20.5% 1.8% 4.5% 19% 1.34 1.55 74% 21% 3.1% 9% 25 1 4%
9 Yrs 2425 59% 2.7% 17.5% 5.5% 8.2% 31% 0.91 1.30 72% 21% 7.7% 9% 464 54 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 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
2003 23 CIN NL 39 141 3.62 91 65% 32% 5% 30% 33% 68% 0% 44% 92% 62% 3% 1 0 26% 10 6 0 33% 3 1 0 0 0
2005 25 CIN NL 382 1367 3.58 891 65% 31% 10% 26% 33% 69% 5% 45% 85% 63% 5% 18 8 27% 102 54 6 44% 10 5 0 0 0
2006 26 CIN NL 180 682 3.79 418 61% 24% 11% 33% 32% 76% 2% 46% 86% 62% 5% 9 4 17% 30 20 6 23% 5 4 0 0 0
2007 27 CIN NL 773 2793 3.61 1821 65% 25% 12% 30% 33% 75% 2% 49% 84% 62% 4% 30 13 22% 173 91 12 24% 20 13 -2 0 0
2008 28 CIN NL 142 515 3.63 336 65% 27% 9% 28% 36% 73% 0% 48% 87% 61% 2% 3 1 20% 29 17 2 36% 2 2 0 0 0
2009 29 COL NL 133 516 3.88 355 69% 25% 12% 34% 30% 75% 2% 52% 84% 61% 2% 3 2 38% 51 33 0 27% 7 0 0 0 0
2010 30 COL NL 365 1456 3.99 989 68% 29% 15% 30% 26% 71% 4% 48% 78% 65% 4% 13 6 31% 114 64 4 24% 14 2 0 0 0
2011 31 COL NL 303 1183 3.90 821 69% 26% 14% 32% 27% 74% 3% 51% 81% 60% 3% 8 4 33% 99 62 4 26% 9 1 -2 0 0
2012 32 COL NL 112 400 3.57 284 71% 26% 17% 27% 30% 74% 0% 53% 77% 66% 1% 1 1 41% 46 24 3 35% 3 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 2429 9053 3.73 6006 66% 27% 12% 30% 31% 73% 3% 48% 83% 62% 4% 86 39 27% 654 371 37 28% 73 28 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

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
2003 23 CIN NL 39 10 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005 25 CIN NL 382 101 11 0 11 1 17 7 4 6 5 33 15 6 45% 6 3 1 145 7 2 78% 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 26 CIN NL 180 43 4 1 5 0 3 3 2 2 3 10 6 0 60% 1 3 3 79 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2007 27 CIN NL 771 212 17 4 26 2 15 11 15 17 9 34 18 4 53% 6 6 0 278 11 6 65% 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2008 28 CIN NL 142 47 3 0 4 0 4 1 3 1 3 14 10 1 71% 3 2 0 58 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 29 COL NL 133 35 3 2 6 1 4 4 2 3 3 10 6 1 60% 3 1 0 50 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010 30 COL NL 365 84 11 6 7 2 10 5 2 2 5 18 6 4 33% 2 3 3 125 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2011 31 COL NL 301 77 6 1 5 0 2 4 1 2 3 20 13 0 65% 2 2 0 135 0 4 0% 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 0
2012 32 COL NL 112 27 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 50% 4 1 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Yrs 2425 636 60 15 66 6 58 37 29 33 33 146 78 16 53% 27 21 7 939 28 14 67% 27 12 1 1 0 1 3 2 58 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2003 23 1 1 .500 5.19 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 10 5 5 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 39 83 1.385 10.4 1.0 2.1 6.2 3.00 83
2004 24 1 1 .500 5.19 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 10 5 5 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 39 83 1.385 10.4 1.0 2.1 6.2 3.00 83
2005 25 5 9 .357 4.48 66 5 19 0 0 1 94.1 111 54 47 12 28 6 65 7 0 3 421 96 1.473 10.6 1.1 2.7 6.2 2.32 96
2006 26 7 9 .438 4.22 96 7 24 0 0 1 134.1 154 72 63 17 47 7 91 10 0 6 601 105 1.496 10.3 1.1 3.1 6.1 1.94 105
2007 27 15 18 .455 4.85 126 37 24 1 0 1 312.0 366 183 168 43 90 11 216 17 1 12 1372 94 1.462 10.6 1.2 2.6 6.2 2.40 94
2008 28 16 22 .421 5.06 132 43 24 1 0 1 341.2 413 210 192 47 96 11 230 17 1 14 1514 89 1.490 10.9 1.2 2.5 6.1 2.40 89
2009 29 19 23 .452 5.10 156 43 30 1 0 1 372.2 448 231 211 53 101 12 252 18 1 15 1647 89 1.473 10.8 1.3 2.4 6.1 2.50 89
2010 30 26 28 .481 4.67 232 43 41 1 0 2 464.2 532 265 241 60 117 17 343 20 2 18 2012 98 1.397 10.3 1.2 2.3 6.6 2.93 98
2011 31 36 32 .529 4.48 306 43 51 1 0 2 536.2 609 298 267 65 131 20 401 24 2 20 2313 102 1.379 10.2 1.1 2.2 6.7 3.06 102
2012 32 38 34 .528 4.38 331 43 56 1 0 2 563.0 636 307 274 66 133 20 424 25 2 21 2425 104 1.366 10.2 1.1 2.1 6.8 3.19 104

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
2003 23 0 0 5.00 9.0 10 6 5 1 2 6 1 1.333 10.0 2.0 6.0 3.00 1.0 6
2005 25 4 5 .444 4.55 83.0 100 47 42 11 26 57 6 1.518 10.8 2.8 6.2 2.19 1.2 60
2006 26 2 2 .500 3.23 39.0 41 16 14 5 18 26 3 1.513 9.5 4.2 6.0 1.44 1.2 30
2007 27 8 11 .421 4.86 174.0 201 104 94 25 41 122 7 1.391 10.4 2.1 6.3 2.98 1.3 30
2008 28 1 2 .333 6.90 30.0 46 26 23 4 6 14 0 1.733 13.8 1.8 4.2 2.33 1.2 6
2009 29 1 2 .333 4.94 31.0 33 19 17 6 5 22 1 1.226 9.6 1.5 6.4 4.40 1.7 24
2010 30 6 3 .667 2.70 90.0 79 30 27 7 15 89 2 1.044 7.9 1.5 8.9 5.93 0.7 76
2011 31 4 3 .571 3.09 70.0 74 27 24 5 13 56 4 1.243 9.5 1.7 7.2 4.31 0.6 74
2012 32 2 1 .667 1.93 28.0 26 7 6 1 2 24 1 1.000 8.4 0.6 7.7 12.00 0.3 25
9 Yrs 28 29 .491 4.09 554.0 610 282 252 65 128 416 25 1.332 9.9 6.8 3.25 1.1 331

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  2.178 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
2012 NL  25 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 NL  2.907 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2007 NL  105 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2127), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1556), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1022), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Marvin Freeman (962)
  6. Donne Wall (961)
  7. Brian Fisher (960)
  8. Tony Pena (956)
  9. Kameron Loe (955)
  10. Frank Hiller (955)
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  5. Mark Leiter (954)
  6. Tim Worrell (954)
  7. Juan Acevedo (953)
  8. Brooks Lawrence (952)
  9. Bill Fischer (952)
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  4. Gary Glover (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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