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Armando Benitez

Armando German Benitez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 260 lb.

Born: November 3, 1972 in Ramon Santana, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1994
Teams (by GP): Mets/Orioles/Marlins/Giants/Mariners/.. 1994-2008
2011 Contract Status: not updated (details) [?]Agents: Mike Powers [?]
Final Game: June 6, 2008
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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
1994 21 BAL AL 0 0 0.90 3 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 1 1 0 4 0 14 1 0 0 42 572 1.200 7.2 0.0 3.6 12.6 3.50
1995 22 BAL AL 1 5 .167 5.66 44 0 18 0 0 2 47.2 37 33 30 8 37 2 56 5 1 3 221 85 1.552 7.0 1.5 7.0 10.6 1.51
1996 23 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 3.77 18 0 8 0 0 4 14.1 7 6 6 2 6 0 20 0 0 1 56 134 0.907 4.4 1.3 3.8 12.6 3.33
1997 24 BAL AL 4 5 .444 2.45 71 0 26 0 0 9 73.1 49 22 20 7 43 5 106 1 0 1 307 180 1.255 6.0 0.9 5.3 13.0 2.47
1998 25 BAL AL 5 6 .455 3.82 71 0 54 0 0 22 68.1 48 29 29 10 39 2 87 4 0 0 289 119 1.273 6.3 1.3 5.1 11.5 2.23
1999 26 NYM NL 4 3 .571 1.85 77 0 42 0 0 22 78.0 40 17 16 4 41 4 128 0 0 2 312 241 1.038 4.6 0.5 4.7 14.8 3.12
2000 27 NYM NL 4 4 .500 2.61 76 0 68 0 0 41 76.0 39 24 22 10 38 2 106 0 0 0 304 172 1.013 4.6 1.2 4.5 12.6 2.79
2001 28 NYM NL 6 4 .600 3.77 73 0 64 0 0 43 76.1 59 32 32 12 40 6 93 1 0 5 320 112 1.297 7.0 1.4 4.7 11.0 2.33
2002 29 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 2.27 62 0 52 0 0 33 67.1 46 20 17 8 25 0 79 3 0 1 275 177 1.054 6.1 1.1 3.3 10.6 3.16
2003 30 TOT MLB 4 4 .500 2.96 69 0 49 0 0 21 73.0 59 27 24 6 41 3 75 0 1 3 313 146 1.370 7.3 0.7 5.1 9.2 1.83 AS
2003 30 TOT AL 1 1 .500 2.66 24 0 9 0 0 0 23.2 18 9 7 1 17 2 25 0 0 0 104 168 1.479 6.8 0.4 6.5 9.5 1.47
2003 30 NYM NL 3 3 .500 3.10 45 0 40 0 0 21 49.1 41 18 17 5 24 1 50 0 1 3 209 136 1.318 7.5 0.9 4.4 9.1 2.08
2003 30 NYY AL 1 1 .500 1.93 9 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 8 4 2 0 6 1 10 0 0 0 40 236 1.500 7.7 0.0 5.8 9.6 1.67
2003 30 SEA AL 0 0 3.14 15 0 7 0 0 0 14.1 10 5 5 1 11 1 15 0 0 0 64 140 1.465 6.3 0.6 6.9 9.4 1.36
2004 31 FLA NL 2 2 .500 1.29 64 0 59 0 0 47 69.2 36 11 10 6 21 4 62 0 0 0 262 319 0.818 4.7 0.8 2.7 8.0 2.95 AS,MVP-23
2005 32 SFG NL 2 3 .400 4.50 30 0 27 0 0 19 30.0 25 17 15 5 16 0 23 0 0 0 127 96 1.367 7.5 1.5 4.8 6.9 1.44
2006 33 SFG NL 4 2 .667 3.52 41 0 33 0 0 17 38.1 39 15 15 6 21 2 31 0 0 1 171 129 1.565 9.2 1.4 4.9 7.3 1.48
2007 34 TOT NL 2 8 .200 5.36 55 0 24 0 0 9 50.1 49 37 30 8 29 2 57 1 3 1 228 83 1.550 8.8 1.4 5.2 10.2 1.97
2007 34 SFG NL 0 3 .000 4.67 19 0 17 0 0 9 17.1 17 9 9 3 9 1 18 0 2 0 78 98 1.500 8.8 1.6 4.7 9.3 2.00
2007 34 FLA NL 2 5 .286 5.73 36 0 7 0 0 0 33.0 32 28 21 5 20 1 39 1 1 1 150 77 1.576 8.7 1.4 5.5 10.6 1.95
2008 35 TOR AL 0 1 .000 5.68 8 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 4 5 4 3 2 0 9 0 0 0 26 79 0.947 5.7 4.3 2.8 12.8 4.50
15 Seasons 40 47 .460 3.13 762 0 527 0 0 289 779.0 545 296 271 95 403 32 946 16 5 18 3253 140 1.217 6.3 1.1 4.7 10.9 2.35
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .460 3.13 68 0 47 0 0 26 70 49 26 24 8 36 3 84 1 0 2 290 140 1.217 6.3 1.1 4.7 10.9 2.35
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
NYM (5 yrs) 18 14 .563 2.70 333 0 266 0 0 160 347.0 225 111 104 39 168 13 456 4 1 11 1420 159 1.133 5.8 1.0 4.4 11.8 2.71
BAL (5 yrs) 11 16 .407 3.62 207 0 107 0 0 37 213.2 149 91 86 27 129 9 283 11 1 5 915 127 1.301 6.3 1.1 5.4 11.9 2.19
SFG (3 yrs) 6 8 .429 4.10 90 0 77 0 0 45 85.2 81 41 39 14 46 3 72 0 2 1 376 109 1.482 8.5 1.5 4.8 7.6 1.57
FLA (2 yrs) 4 7 .364 2.72 100 0 66 0 0 47 102.2 68 39 31 11 41 5 101 1 1 1 412 155 1.062 6.0 1.0 3.6 8.9 2.46
SEA (1 yr) 0 0 3.14 15 0 7 0 0 0 14.1 10 5 5 1 11 1 15 0 0 0 64 140 1.465 6.3 0.6 6.9 9.4 1.36
NYY (1 yr) 1 1 .500 1.93 9 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 8 4 2 0 6 1 10 0 0 0 40 236 1.500 7.7 0.0 5.8 9.6 1.67
TOR (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.68 8 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 4 5 4 3 2 0 9 0 0 0 26 79 0.947 5.7 4.3 2.8 12.8 4.50
NL (9 yrs) 28 29 .491 2.93 523 0 409 0 0 252 535.1 374 191 174 64 255 21 629 5 4 13 2208 147 1.175 6.3 1.1 4.3 10.6 2.47
AL (7 yrs) 12 18 .400 3.58 239 0 118 0 0 37 243.2 171 105 97 31 148 11 317 11 1 5 1045 128 1.309 6.3 1.1 5.5 11.7 2.14

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1994 21 BAL AL 10.0 0 1 7 0 1.2 6 0.5 $109,000
1995 22 BAL AL 47.2 0 33 32 1 .9 -1 -0.4 $125,000
1996 23 BAL AL 14.1 0 6 10 0 1.5 4 0.4 $155,000
1997 24 BAL AL 73.1 0 22 46 0 1.6 24 2.4 $275,000
1998 25 BAL AL 68.1 0 29 44 0 1.5 15 1.1 $1,100,000
1999 26 NYM NL 78.0 0 17 48 1 1.7 31 3.5 $2,037,500
2000 27 NYM NL 76.0 0 24 47 0 1.9 23 2.5 $3,437,500
2001 28 NYM NL 76.1 0 32 45 0 2.0 13 1.1 $5,812,500
2002 29 NYM NL 67.1 0 20 40 -1 1.9 20 2.2 $5,812,500
2003 30 NYM NL 49.1 0 18 30 -1 2.0 12 1.3 $6,937,500 AS
2003 30 NYY AL 9.1 0 4 6 0 1.7 2 0.2 AS
2003 30 SEA AL 14.1 0 5 9 1 .7 4 0.2 AS
2004 31 FLA NL 69.2 0 11 41 0 1.8 30 3.6 $3,500,000 AS,MVP-23
2005 32 SFG NL 30.0 0 17 17 0 1.9 0 -0.3 $4,966,667
2006 33 SFG NL 38.1 0 15 24 0 2.1 9 0.9 $6,271,206
2007 34 SFG NL 17.1 0 9 11 0 2.0 2 0.0 $9,866,219
2007 34 FLA NL 33.0 0 28 21 -1 1.3 -7 -1.2
2008 35 TOR AL 6.1 0 5 4 0 1.2 -1 -0.2
15 Seasons 778.2 0 296 482 0 1.7 186 17.8 $50,405,592
IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
NYM (5 yrs) 346.9 0 111 210 -1 1.9 99 10.6 $24,037,500
BAL (5 yrs) 213.2 0 91 139 1 1.4 48 4.0 $1,764,000
SFG (3 yrs) 85.2 0 41 52 0 2.0 11 0.6 $21,104,092
FLA (2 yrs) 102.2 0 39 62 -1 1.6 23 2.4 $3,500,000
SEA (1 yr) 14.1 0 5 9 1 .7 4 0.2
NYY (1 yr) 9.1 0 4 6 0 1.7 2 0.2
TOR (1 yr) 6.1 0 5 4 0 1.2 -1 -0.2

Postseason Pitching

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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 23 BAL AL ALDS W CLE 2 0 1.000 2.25 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 15 0.750 2.3 2.3 4.5 13.5 3.00
1996 23 BAL AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 7.71 3 0 1 0 0 1 2.1 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 13 2.571 11.6 7.7 11.6 7.7 0.67
1997 24 BAL AL ALDS W SEA 0 0 3.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 14 1.667 9.0 3.0 6.0 12.0 2.00
1997 24 BAL AL ALCS L CLE 0 2 .000 12.00 4 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 4 2 4 0 6 0 0 0 16 2.333 9.0 6.0 12.0 18.0 1.50
1999 26 NYM NL NLDS W ARI 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 9 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
1999 26 NYM NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 1.35 5 0 3 0 0 1 6.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 24 0.750 4.1 0.0 2.7 12.2 4.50
2000 27 NYM NL NLDS W SFG 1 0 1.000 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 14 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2000 27 NYM NL NLCS W STL 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
2000 27 NYM NL WS L NYY 0 0 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
4 Seasons (9 Series) 3 2 .600 3.56 28 0 13 0 0 4 30.1 25 14 12 7 19 3 36 0 0 0 135 1.451 7.4 2.1 5.6 10.7 1.89
2 ALDS 2 0 1.000 2.57 6 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 4 2 2 2 4 0 10 0 0 0 29 1.143 5.1 2.6 5.1 12.9 2.50
2 NLDS 1 0 1.000 3.38 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 2 2 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 23 1.500 10.1 1.7 3.4 8.4 2.50
2 ALCS 0 2 .000 10.13 7 0 3 0 0 1 5.1 6 6 6 4 7 1 8 0 0 0 29 2.438 10.1 6.8 11.8 13.5 1.14
2 NLCS 0 0 0.93 8 0 6 0 0 2 9.2 6 3 1 0 4 0 11 0 0 0 39 1.034 5.6 0.0 3.7 10.2 2.75
1 WS 0 0 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1997 24 BAL AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 25 BAL AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 26 NYM NL 72 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 27 NYM NL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 28 NYM NL 71 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 29 NYM NL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 30 NYM NL 43 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2004 31 FLA NL 62 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-23
2005 32 SFG NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 33 SFG NL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 34 TOT NL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 34 SFG NL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 34 FLA NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 35 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
17 Seasons 513 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (5 yrs) 316 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLA (2 yrs) 96 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (5 yrs) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 501 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 26 NYM NL 5 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 $2,037,500 1
2001 28 NYM NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $5,812,500 1
2003 30 NYM NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $6,937,500 1 AS
2004 31 FLA NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $3,500,000 1 AS,MVP-23
4 Seasons 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 $18,287,500
NYM (3 yrs) 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 $14,787,500
FLA (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $3,500,000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 26 NYM NL NLDS ARI W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 26 NYM NL NLCS ATL L 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 27 NYM NL NLDS SFG W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 27 NYM NL NLCS STL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 27 NYM NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (5 Series) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1994 BAL AL 21 P 3 0 10.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90 0.33 1.000 1.71 1.70
1995 BAL AL 22 P 44 0 47.2 2 1 0 1 1 .500 0.19 0.02 1.000 1.79 1.77
1996 BAL AL 23 P 18 0 14.1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.26 0.11 .967 1.76 1.76
1997 BAL AL 24 P 71 0 73.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.49 0.06 .950 1.71 1.69
1998 BAL AL 25 P 71 0 68.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.05 0.11 .950 1.78 1.76
1999 NYM NL 26 P 77 0 78.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.10 .950 1.72 1.71
2000 NYM NL 27 P 76 0 76.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.47 0.05 .950 1.74 1.72
2001 NYM NL 28 P 73 0 76.1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.94 0.11 .962 1.74 1.73
2002 NYM NL 29 P 62 0 67.1 12 2 8 2 0 .833 1.34 0.16 .967 1.83 1.81
2003 TOT MLB 30 P 69 0 72.9 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -49 0.86 0.10 .957 1.80 1.79 AS
2003 TOT AL 30 P 24 0 23.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.14 0.13 .967 1.71 1.71
2003 NYM NL 30 P 45 0 49.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -73 0.73 0.09 .950 1.84 1.83
2003 NYY AL 30 P 9 0 9.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.96 0.11 1.000 1.74 1.71
2003 SEA AL 30 P 15 0 14.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.26 0.13 .950 1.70 1.71
2004 FLA NL 31 P 64 0 69.2 8 4 3 1 0 .875 0 0 0.90 0.11 .962 1.83 1.82 AS,MVP-23
2005 SFG NL 32 P 30 0 30.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0 0 1.20 0.13 .960 1.74 1.73
2006 SFG NL 33 P 41 0 38.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -63 0.70 0.07 .967 1.71 1.71
2007 TOT NL 34 P 55 0 50.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -2 -48 0.72 0.07 .960 1.68 1.67
2007 SFG NL 34 P 19 0 17.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -69 1.04 0.11 .950 1.66 1.67
2007 FLA NL 34 P 36 0 33.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -1 -36 0.55 0.06 .967 1.69 1.67
2008 TOR AL 35 P 8 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.56 1.59
15 Seasons P 762 0 779.0 78 31 40 7 1 .910 -7 -31 0.82 0.09 .960 1.76 1.74
15 Seasons TOT 762 0 779.0 78 31 40 7 1 .910 -7 -31 0.82 0.09 .960 1.76 1.74
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2003
2004

Awards (yr lg award)
2001 NL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 NL (23, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
Active  17.8 (44th)

Games Played s c a p y
1999 NL  77 (5th)
2000 NL  76 (5th)
Active  762 (8th)
Career  762 (54th)

Saves s c a p y
2000 NL  41 (3rd)
2001 NL  43 (2nd)
2002 NL  33 (10th)
2004 NL  47 (1st)
Active  289 (5th)
Career  289 (23rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1998 AL  54 (8th)
2000 NL  68 (1st)
2001 NL  64 (3rd)
2004 NL  59 (6th)
Active  527 (4th)
Career  527 (29th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1999 NL  24 (10th)
Active  113 (20th)
Career  113 (200th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
Active  11.0 (22nd)
Career  11.0 (227th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1999 NL  29.49 (9th)
Active  138.83 (15th)
Career  138.83 (92nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1999 NL  3.3 (8th)
2000 NL  3.4 (5th)
2001 NL  3.9 (4th)
2002 NL  4.6 (4th)
2004 NL  4.4 (4th)
Active  18.1 (13th)
Career  18.1 (73rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  9.6 (28th)
Career  9.6 (145th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1999 NL  2.9 (9th)
Active  13.8 (17th)
Career  13.8 (107th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1999 NL  77 (5th)
2000 NL  76 (5th)
Active  762 (8th)
Career  762 (54th)

Youngest s c a p y
1994 AL  born 1972-11-03 (5th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (549), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 14 (1270), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 73 (161), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  10. John Wetteland (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

April 1, 1990: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

December 1, 1998: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Charles Johnson.

July 16, 2003: Traded by the New York Mets to the New York Yankees for Ryan Bicondoa (minors), Jason Anderson and Anderson Garcia.

August 6, 2003: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for Jeff Nelson.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

October 28, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

May 31, 2007: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with cash to the Florida Marlins for Randy Messenger.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

March 13, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

June 11, 2008: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

August 22, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

September 19, 2009: Released by the Houston Astros.

June 24, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

July 15, 2010: Released by the Florida Marlins.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199421Baltimore Orioles$109,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199522Baltimore Orioles$125,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199623Baltimore Orioles$155,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199724Baltimore Orioles$275,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $35,000 earned bonus
199825Baltimore Orioles$1,100,00011/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $200,000 earned bonus
199926New York Mets$2,037,50011/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
200027New York Mets$3,437,5004/5/00 AP
200128New York Mets$5,812,5004/6/01 USA Today
200229New York Mets$5,812,5004/3/02 AP
200330New York Mets$6,937,5004/3/03 AP
200431Florida Marlins$3,500,0004/7/04 AP
200532San Francisco Giants$4,966,667
200633San Francisco Giants$6,271,206
200734San Francisco Giants$9,866,219
Career to date (may be incomplete)$50,405,592
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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