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Alan Benes

Alan Paul Benes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 21, 1972 in Evansville, IN
High School: Lake Forest HS (Lake Forest, IL)
School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 19, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1995
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs/Rangers 1995-2003

Final Game: May 28, 2003
Relatives: Brother of Andy Benes
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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
1993	21	STL-min	A-	0	4	.000	3.65	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.0	39	20	15	2	14	0	29	2	1	2	162		1.432	9.5	0.5	3.4	7.1	2.07	GLF · NYPL
1994	22	STL-min	AA,A+,A,AAA	17	3	.850	2.28	30	30	0	2	0	0	205.2	144	66	52	10	52	0	184	7	2	11	796		0.953	6.3	0.4	2.3	8.1	3.54	ARK,SPT,SAV,LOU · TL,FLOR,SALL,AA
1995	23	STL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.41	11	11	0	2	1	0	56.0	37	16	15	5	14	1	54	1	0	2	215		0.911	5.9	0.8	2.2	8.7	3.86	LOU · AA
1995	23	STL	NL	1	2	.333	8.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	24	15	15	2	4	0	20	1	0	3	76	50	1.750	13.5	1.1	2.3	11.3	5.00
1996	24	STL	NL	13	10	.565	4.90	34	32	1	3	1	0	191.0	192	120	104	27	87	3	131	7	1	5	840	85	1.461	9.0	1.3	4.1	6.2	1.51	RoY-7
1997	25	STL	NL	9	9	.500	2.89	23	23	0	2	0	0	161.2	128	60	52	13	68	3	160	4	2	9	666	144	1.212	7.1	0.7	3.8	8.9	2.35
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1999	27	STL-min	AAA,A+,AA	0	1	.000	3.60	7	7	0	0	0	0	15.0	15	7	6	0	7	0	5	0	0	0	62		1.467	9.0	0.0	4.2	3.0	0.71	MEM,POT,ARK · PCL,CARL,TL
1999	27	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2000	28	STL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	5.95	9	8	0	0	0	0	39.1	45	31	26	7	21	0	26	1	0	3	179		1.678	10.3	1.6	4.8	5.9	1.24	MEM · PCL
2000	28	STL	NL	2	2	.500	5.67	30	0	16	0	0	0	46.0	54	33	29	7	23	2	26	2	0	5	214	83	1.674	10.6	1.4	4.5	5.1	1.13
2001	29	STL-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.55	25	25	0	1	0	0	142.0	164	71	56	13	51	1	96	7	0	2	637		1.514	10.4	0.8	3.2	6.1	1.88	MEM · PCL
2001	29	STL	NL	2	0	1.000	7.36	9	1	4	0	0	0	14.2	14	12	12	5	12	0	10	0	0	0	68	60	1.773	8.6	3.1	7.4	6.1	0.83
2002	30	CHC-min	AAA	10	9	.526	5.65	28	19	3	0	0	0	113.0	130	79	71	17	53	0	85	4	1	5	512		1.619	10.4	1.4	4.2	6.8	1.60	IWA · PCL
2002	30	CHC	NL	2	2	.500	4.35	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	42	22	19	3	12	1	32	0	0	2	167	94	1.373	9.6	0.7	2.7	7.3	2.67
2003	31	CHC-min	AAA	7	7	.500	5.37	19	17	0	2	0	0	114.0	129	74	68	13	44	1	81	1	0	5	498		1.518	10.2	1.0	3.5	6.4	1.84	IWA · PCL
2003	31	TOT	MLB	0	3	.000	8.10	7	4	1	0	0	1	23.1	37	22	21	2	14	0	20	0	2	0	115	61	2.186	14.3	0.8	5.4	7.7	1.43
2003	31	CHC	NL	0	0		2.16	3	0	1	0	0	1	8.1	8	2	2	0	6	0	9	0	1	0	36	209	1.680	8.6	0.0	6.5	9.7	1.50
2003	31	TEX	AL	0	3	.000	11.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	29	20	19	2	8	0	11	0	1	0	79	45	2.467	17.4	1.2	4.8	6.6	1.38
2004	32	STL-min	AAA	8	10	.444	5.60	28	27	0	0	0	0	160.2	193	102	100	27	79	2	94	5	0	12	726		1.693	10.8	1.5	4.4	5.3	1.19	MEM · PCL
2005	33	STL-min	AA	1	0	1.000	5.49	15	0	7	0	0	0	19.2	20	13	12	5	7	0	16	0	0	3	86		1.373	9.2	2.3	3.2	7.3	2.29	SPD · TL
2006	34	STL-min	AAA	5	6	.455	4.75	30	4	12	0	0	0	66.1	67	41	35	15	23	5	45	1	0	4	286		1.357	9.1	2.0	3.1	6.1	1.96	MEM · PCL
8 Yrs				29	28	.509	4.59	115	70	24	5	1	1	494.0	493	284	252	59	220	9	401	14	5	24	2153	93	1.443	9.0	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.82
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.509	4.59	42	26	9	2	0	0	182	181	104	93	22	81	3	147	5	2	9	791	93	1.443	9.0	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.82

STL (6 yrs)				27	23	.540	4.42	101	59	23	5	1	0	431.1	414	240	212	54	194	8	349	14	3	22	1871	96	1.410	8.6	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.80
CHC (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	3.97	10	7	1	0	0	1	47.2	50	24	21	3	18	1	41	0	1	2	203	105	1.427	9.4	0.6	3.4	7.7	2.28
TEX (1 yr)				0	3	.000	11.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	29	20	19	2	8	0	11	0	1	0	79	45	2.467	17.4	1.2	4.8	6.6	1.38

NL (8 yrs)				29	25	.537	4.38	111	66	24	5	1	1	479.0	464	264	233	57	212	9	390	14	4	24	2074	97	1.411	8.7	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.84
AL (1 yr)				0	3	.000	11.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	29	20	19	2	8	0	11	0	1	0	79	45	2.467	17.4	1.2	4.8	6.6	1.38

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
1995	23	STL	NL	16.0	3	3	15	8.44	4.48	0.28	0.17	98.8	4.31	-7	-0.6		-0.0	-0.5	-6	.296	.496	$109,000
1996	24	STL	NL	191.0	34	32	120	5.65	4.76	0.50	0.17	99.0	4.39	-25	-2.4	2.5	-0.2	-1.1	-8	.429	.485	$122,000	RoY-7
1997	25	STL	NL	161.2	23	23	60	3.34	4.68	0.31	0.17	99.2	4.50	20	2.2		-0.1	3.3	37	.597	.514	$240,000

1999	27	STL	NL	2.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.95	-0.01	-0.37	102.0	4.68	1	0.1	.1	-0.1	0.1	1	.552	.501	$550,000
2000	28	STL	NL	46.0	30	0	33	6.46	5.13	0.31	-0.39	104.1	4.61	-10	-0.9	.5	0.1	-0.4	-5	.470	.494	$
2001	29	STL	NL	14.2	9	1	12	7.36	4.87	0.39	-0.14	102.0	4.43	-5	-0.5	.2	0.1	-0.3	-3	.449	.497	$
2002	30	CHC	NL	39.1	7	7	22	5.03	4.41	-0.37	0.17	97.0	4.80	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.2	3	.483	.499	$
2003	31	CHC	NL	8.1	3	0	2	2.16	4.64	-0.14	-0.34	115.3	5.11	3	0.3	.7	-0.1	0.3	4	.598	.502	$
2003	31	TEX	AL	15.0	4	4	20	12.00	4.87	0.43	0.18	111.8	5.18	-11	-0.9		-0.0	-0.7	-9	.281	.495	$
8 Seasons				494.0	115	70	284	5.17	4.74	0.33	0.10	100.2	4.51	-35	-2.7	.5	-0.2	0.9	13	.476	.498	$1,021,000

STL (6 yrs)				431.1	101	59	240	5.01	4.76	0.40	0.10	99.7	4.45	-26	-2.0	.5	-0.1	1.1	16	.480	.498	$1,021,000
CHC (2 yrs)				47.2	10	7	24	4.53	4.45	-0.33	0.08	100.2	4.86	2	0.2	.7	-0.1	0.5	6	.518	.501	$
TEX (1 yr)				15.0	4	4	20	12.00	4.87	0.43	0.18	111.8	5.18	-11	-0.9		-0.0	-0.7	-9	.281	.495	$

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
1996	24	STL	NL	NLCS	L	ATL	0	1	.000	2.84	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	5	1	0	0	25	0.789	4.3	0.0	2.8	7.1	2.50
1 NLCS							0	1	.000	2.84	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	5	1	0	0	25	0.789	4.3	0.0	2.8	7.1	2.50

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
1995	23	STL	NL	3	76	70	15	24	2	1	2	1	1	4	20	.343	.387	.486	.872	.458	34	0	1	1	0	0	1
1996	24	STL	NL	34	840	722	120	192	29	6	27	8	13	87	131	.266	.347	.435	.782	.288	314	14	7	15	9	3	14
1997	25	STL	NL	23	666	585	60	128	16	4	13	10	12	68	160	.219	.303	.326	.629	.276	191	11	4	5	4	3	7

1999	27	STL	NL	2	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	.400	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	28	STL	NL	30	214	186	33	54	10	1	7	2	0	23	26	.290	.373	.468	.840	.305	87	4	2	2	1	2	2
2001	29	STL	NL	9	68	56	12	14	2	0	5	0	1	12	10	.250	.382	.554	.936	.220	31	2	0	0	0	0	1
2002	30	CHC	NL	7	167	152	22	42	7	0	3	3	1	12	32	.276	.325	.382	.707	.328	58	4	0	1	2	1	3
2003	31	TEX	AL	4	79	70	20	29	6	2	2	0	1	8	11	.414	.468	.643	1.111	.466	45	2	0	0	1	0	0
2003	31	CHC	NL	3	36	30	2	8	3	0	0	0	0	6	9	.267	.389	.367	.756	.381	11	3	0	0	0	0	0
2003	31	TOT	MLB	7	115	100	22	37	9	2	2	0	1	14	20	.370	.443	.560	1.003	.443	56	5	0	0	1	0	0
8 Yrs				115	2153	1878	284	493	75	14	59	24	29	220	401	.263	.341	.412	.753	.302	773	41	14	24	17	9	28
162 Game Avg.				42	791	690	104	181	28	5	22	9	11	81	147	.263	.341	.412	.753	.302	284	15	5	9	6	3	10
MLB Averages																.267	.337	.425	.762	.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
1995	23	STL	NL	-6.6	-0.6	81	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	.75	-0.4	-0.1	-6.2	-0.6	0.75	-4.0	0	0	0
1996	24	STL	NL	-16.0	-1.5	865	-1.4	14.8	-16.1	1.04	-1.0	-0.3	-22.0	-2.1	1.04	-12.4	1	1	0
1997	25	STL	NL	22.0	2.3	694	2.3	14.4	-12.2	1.15	1.8	0.2	21.8	2.3	1.15	21.8	0	0	0

1999	27	STL	NL	1.2	0.1	7	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.1	0.06	0.7	0	0	2
2000	28	STL	NL	-5.4	-0.5	221	-0.2	1.7	-1.9	.45	-0.9	0.4	-5.5	-0.5	0.45	-8.6	2	6	19
2001	29	STL	NL	-4.4	-0.4	69	0.1	0.5	-0.5	.40	-0.3	0.5	-4.4	-0.4	0.40	-4.0	0	1	7
2002	30	CHC	NL	-1.8	-0.2	171	-0.0	2.8	-2.8	.94	-0.2	0.2	-0.9	-0.1	0.94	-2.0	0	0	0
2003	31	TOT	MLB	-6.9	-0.6	117	-1.2	1.7	-2.8	.92	-0.8	-0.4	-8.2	-0.6	0.92	-8.6	1	0	2
2003	31	CHC	NL	2.2	0.2	37	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	.56	-0.1	-0.4	2.8	0.3	0.56	0.7	1	0	2
2003	31	TEX	AL	-9.1	-0.8	80	-0.9	1.4	-2.3	1.09	-0.8	-0.1	-11.0	-0.9	1.09	-9.3	0	0	0
8 Yrs				-18.0	-1.4	2225	-0.7	36.9	-37.6	.97	-1.8	1.0	-24.2	-1.9	0.97	-17.0	4	8	30

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
1995	23	STL	NL	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	1	33%	38.0	74	18	6	3	0	2	2.1	3.2	5.3	95	1	1	1	0	119
1996	24	STL	NL	34	32	12	9	11	5	2	14	18	.438	2	6	3	1	14	44%	47.5	84	10	19	3	3	13	5.0	4.8	5.9	97	6	10	9	5	126
1997	25	STL	NL	23	23	9	9	5	2	6	11	12	.478	0	1	2	0	16	70%	60.0	93	22	5	0	0	7	3.3	3.2	7.0	112	0	2	13	5	128

2001	29	STL	NL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	61.0	61	61	3	1	0	1	6.8	9.0	6.0	92	0	1	0	0	92
2002	30	CHC	NL	7	7	2	2	3	1	0	4	3	.571	1	2	0	0	4	57%	49.4	66	11	5	3	0	3	4.3	4.5	5.6	91	1	4	2	0	107
2003	31	TOT	MLB	7	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	3	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0%		33	20	8	3	0	3	4.9	6.2	3.8	76	3	1	0	0	82
2003	31	TEX	AL	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	3	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0%	28.5	33	20	6	3	0	3	4.9	6.2	3.8	76	3	1	0	0	82
6 Yrs				80	70	25	25	20	8	8	32	38	.457	4	9	5	1	36	51%	50	93	10	44	13	3	29	4.3	4.2	6.1	99	11	19	25	10	128
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	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
1996	24	STL	NL	34	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	6	1.044	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.5	69

1999	27	STL	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.060	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	14
2000	28	STL	NL	30	30	16	2	2	1	0	1	0%	3	2	11	3	27%	7	.452	2	6	19	9	1	20	5	25	18	3	18	1	4.6	27
2001	29	STL	NL	9	8	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.402	0	1	7	0	0	8	0	8	2	2	2	1	3.3	22

2003	31	TOT	MLB	7	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0%		.923	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	3	0	8.3	52
2003	31	CHC	NL	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0%	7	.562	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	3	0	8.3	52
5 Yrs				78	45	24	4	3	2	1	1	50%	4	2	14	3	21%		.877	4	8	30	12	4	29	7	38	24	6	24	2	4.5	28

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%
1995	23	STL	NL	76	50%	2.6%	26.3%	5.3%	6.6%	21%	0.43	0.80	63%	35%	6.5%	11%	17	0	0%
1996	24	STL	NL	840	56%	3.2%	15.6%	10.4%	7.4%	32%	0.67	0.93	68%	24%	8.7%	13%	193	14	7%
1997	25	STL	NL	666	50%	2.0%	24.0%	10.2%	5.0%	26%	0.94	1.23	62%	20%	8.1%	24%	117	11	9%

1999	27	STL	NL	7	71%	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	0.67	3.00	71%	40%	0.0%	33%	3	1	33%
2000	28	STL	NL	214	57%	3.3%	12.2%	10.8%	8.4%	33%	0.50	0.72	72%	29%	8.0%	16%	37	4	11%
2001	29	STL	NL	68	69%	7.4%	14.7%	17.7%	10.3%	50%	0.78	0.83	60%	13%	27.8%	22%	19	2	11%
2002	30	CHC	NL	167	55%	1.8%	19.2%	7.2%	6.0%	24%	0.34	0.40	71%	29%	4.1%	17%	32	4	13%
2003	31	TOT	MLB	115	50%	1.7%	17.4%	12.2%	11.3%	35%	0.90	1.38	69%	22%	5.6%	12%	38	5	13%
2003	31	CHC	NL	36	69%	0.0%	25.0%	16.7%	8.3%	38%	0.62	1.43	58%	38%	0.0%	23%	16	3	19%
2003	31	TEX	AL	79	42%	2.5%	13.9%	10.1%	12.7%	35%	1.04	1.36	73%	17%	7.7%	7%	22	2	9%
8 Yrs				2153	54%	2.7%	18.6%	10.2%	6.9%	30%	0.69	0.94	67%	24%	8.2%	17%	456	41	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	15%			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
1995	23	STL	NL	76	287	3.78	198	69%	20%	20%	35%	26%	80%	0%	55%	75%	68%	3%	2	1	33%	25	16	1	25%	3	1	0	1	0
1996	24	STL	NL	794	2971	3.74	1769	60%	25%	16%	26%	33%	75%	0%	45%	79%	57%	7%	54	37	16%	131	61	6	32%	14	16	46	0	1
1997	25	STL	NL	575	2241	3.90	1387	62%	28%	18%	27%	27%	72%	1%	45%	75%	61%	6%	32	14	19%	108	49	5	28%	23	16	91	0	1

1999	27	STL	NL	7	28	4.00	16	57%	13%	25%	31%	31%	88%	0%	50%	71%	29%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
2000	28	STL	NL	214	799	3.73	474	59%	30%	8%	28%	34%	70%	2%	42%	88%	53%	8%	17	11	17%	36	15	3	50%	5	4	0	0	0
2001	29	STL	NL	68	268	3.94	148	55%	29%	12%	28%	31%	71%	0%	39%	83%	47%	12%	8	6	12%	8	4	0	30%	1	2	0	0	0
2002	30	CHC	NL	167	636	3.81	411	65%	25%	15%	30%	30%	75%	2%	48%	80%	65%	2%	4	3	22%	36	16	0	31%	9	0	0	0	0
2003	31	TOT	MLB	115	458	3.98	282	62%	27%	13%	32%	29%	73%	0%	45%	83%	58%	5%	6	3	29%	33	18	4	15%	2	3	0	0	0
2003	31	CHC	NL	36	155	4.31	95	61%	23%	15%	40%	22%	77%	0%	47%	81%	61%	3%	1	0	42%	15	9	1	11%	1	1	0	0	0
2003	31	TEX	AL	79	303	3.84	187	62%	29%	12%	27%	32%	71%	0%	44%	83%	57%	6%	5	3	23%	18	9	3	18%	1	2	0	0	0
8 Yrs				2016	7688	3.81	4685	61%	26%	15%	28%	30%	74%	1%	45%	79%	59%	6%	123	75	19%	377	179	19	30%	57	42	137	1	2
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			20%				28%

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
1995	23	STL	NL	76	24	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	3	2	60%	1	3	0	31	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1996	24	STL	NL	840	192	19	2	27	0	18	15	12	15	12	60	40	7	67%	14	5	0	320	8	13	38%	8	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	23	0
1997	25	STL	NL	666	128	14	0	13	1	20	5	8	9	4	35	15	9	43%	7	9	0	224	10	12	45%	10	10	0	0	0	2	1	0	16	0

1999	27	STL	NL	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	28	STL	NL	214	54	3	0	7	0	9	3	4	3	4	8	4	0	50%	2	5	0	82	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2001	29	STL	NL	68	14	2	0	5	1	3	2	3	1	4	4	2	1	50%	1	0	0	26	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	30	CHC	NL	167	42	2	1	3	0	2	2	1	3	0	8	7	0	88%	3	2	0	66	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2003	31	TOT	MLB	115	37	7	3	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	10	3	3	30%	0	0	0	57	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2003	31	CHC	NL	36	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0%	0	0	0	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2003	31	TEX	AL	79	29	7	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	6	3	1	50%	0	0	0	37	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8 Yrs				2153	493	47	6	59	2	55	29	30	31	28	130	74	22	57%	28	24	0	810	24	29	45%	24	26	0	1	0	2	2	0	60	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

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+
1995	23	1	2	.333	8.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	24	15	15	2	4	0	20	1	0	3	76	50	1.750	13.5	1.1	2.3	11.3	5.00	50
1996	24	14	12	.538	5.17	37	35	1	3	1	0	207.0	216	135	119	29	91	3	151	8	1	8	916	81	1.483	9.4	1.3	4.0	6.6	1.66	81
1997	25	23	21	.523	4.17	60	58	1	5	1	0	368.2	344	195	171	42	159	6	311	12	3	17	1582	100	1.364	8.4	1.0	3.9	7.6	1.96	100
1998	26	23	21	.523	4.17	60	58	1	5	1	0	368.2	344	195	171	42	159	6	311	12	3	17	1582	100	1.364	8.4	1.0	3.9	7.6	1.96	100
1999	27	23	21	.523	4.15	62	58	3	5	1	0	370.2	346	195	171	42	159	6	313	12	3	17	1589	101	1.362	8.4	1.0	3.9	7.6	1.97	101
2000	28	25	23	.521	4.32	92	58	19	5	1	0	416.2	400	228	200	49	182	8	339	14	3	22	1803	98	1.397	8.6	1.1	3.9	7.3	1.86	98
2001	29	27	23	.540	4.42	101	59	23	5	1	0	431.1	414	240	212	54	194	8	349	14	3	22	1871	96	1.410	8.6	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.80	96
2002	30	29	25	.537	4.42	108	66	23	5	1	0	470.2	456	262	231	57	206	9	381	14	3	24	2038	96	1.407	8.7	1.1	3.9	7.3	1.85	96
2003	31	29	28	.509	4.59	115	70	24	5	1	1	494.0	493	284	252	59	220	9	401	14	5	24	2153	93	1.443	9.0	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.82	93

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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
1995	23	0	2	.000	8.00	18.0	26	18	16	2	4	22	1	1.667	13.0	2.0	11.0	5.50	1.0	3
1996	24	8	12	.400	4.76	187.0	187	110	99	26	85	128	7	1.455	9.0	4.1	6.2	1.51	1.3	34
1997	25	11	6	.647	2.88	156.0	126	56	50	13	67	155	4	1.237	7.3	3.9	8.9	2.31	0.8	23

1999	27	0	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	2
2000	28	2	3	.400	4.79	47.0	50	28	25	6	21	27	2	1.511	9.6	4.0	5.2	1.29	1.1	30
2001	29	0	1	.000	6.60	15.0	13	12	11	5	11	10	0	1.600	7.8	6.6	6.0	0.91	3.0	9
2002	30	2	2	.500	4.50	38.0	42	21	19	3	12	31	0	1.421	9.9	2.8	7.3	2.58	0.7	7
2003	31	0	2	.000	7.77	22.0	35	21	19	2	13	19	0	2.182	14.3	5.3	7.8	1.46	0.8	7
8 Yrs		23	28	.451	4.44	485.0	479	266	239	57	213	394	14	1.427	8.9		7.3	1.85	1.1	115

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y 1996 NL 1 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1996 NL 27 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1996 NL 87 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1996 NL 104 (5th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1997 NL 9 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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