Justin Berg

Justin Christopher Berg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 7, 1984 in Antigo, WI
High School: Antigo HS (Antigo, WI)
School: Triton College (River Grove, IL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 43rd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed May 21, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 2009
Team: Cubs 2009-2011

Final Game: May 25, 2011 vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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
2004	20	NYY-min	Rk	3	2	.600	5.87	15	1	4	1	30.2	40	22	20	3	15	0	29	3	0	3	147		1.793	11.7	0.9	4.4	8.5	1.93	YNK · GULF
2005	21	NYY-CHC-min	A-,A	6	2	.750	4.13	17	10	2	0	65.1	57	33	30	3	26	0	55	4	2	2	270		1.270	7.9	0.4	3.6	7.6	2.12	STI,PEO · NYPL,MIDW
2006	22	CHC-min	A+	7	7	.500	4.38	24	24	0	0	115.0	126	67	56	4	53	0	82	10	0	19	525		1.557	9.9	0.3	4.1	6.4	1.55	DYT · FLOR
2007	23	CHC-min	AA	7	7	.500	4.95	27	26	0	0	140.0	157	88	77	4	69	3	69	14	0	15	629		1.614	10.1	0.3	4.4	4.4	1.00	KNX · SOUL
2008	24	CHC-min	AAA,AA	4	9	.308	5.16	32	21	2	0	118.2	120	78	68	12	59	0	59	11	0	9	527		1.508	9.1	0.9	4.5	4.5	1.00	IWA,KNX · PCL,SOUL
2009	25	CHC-min	AAA	6	2	.750	2.43	37	0	8	0	55.2	41	17	15	2	29	2	35	6	0	4	238		1.257	6.6	0.3	4.7	5.7	1.21	IWA · PCL
2009	25	CHC	NL	0	0		0.75	11	0	6	0	12.0	10	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	46	610	0.917	7.5	0.0	0.8	5.3	7.00
2010	26	CHC-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.64	21	0	4	0	29.2	24	14	12	2	12	0	16	2	1	3	124		1.213	7.3	0.6	3.6	4.9	1.33	IWA · PCL
2010	26	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	5.18	41	0	12	0	40.0	45	27	23	3	20	1	14	3	0	2	187	82	1.625	10.1	0.7	4.5	3.2	0.70
2011	27	CHC-min	AAA	4	1	.800	5.16	27	0	12	3	29.2	29	18	17	4	17	0	17	5	0	1	132		1.551	8.8	1.2	5.2	5.2	1.00	IWA · PCL
2011	27	CHC	NL	0	0		3.75	8	0	0	0	12.0	11	5	5	1	6	1	6	2	0	0	52	106	1.417	8.3	0.8	4.5	4.5	1.00
3 Yrs				0	1	.000	4.08	60	0	18	0	64.0	66	33	29	4	27	2	27	5	1	2	285	105	1.453	9.3	0.6	3.8	3.8	1.00
162 Game Avg.				0	1	.000	4.08	68	0	20	0	73	75	37	33	5	31	2	31	6	1	2	323	105	1.453	9.3	0.6	3.8	3.8	1.00

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2009	25	CHC	NL	12.0	11	1	0.75	4.63	-0.15	-0.34	106.5	4.73	5	0.6	.2	-0.2	0.4	6	.552	.504	$
2010	26	CHC	NL	40.0	41	27	6.08	4.40	-0.32	-0.33	104.8	4.60	-7	-0.7	.6	0.0	-0.4	-3	.483	.496	$403,000
2011	27	CHC	NL	12.0	8	5	3.75	4.57	-0.23	-0.34	103.7	4.62	1	0.1	.5	-0.1	0.2	2	.515	.501	$
3 Seasons				64.0	60	33	4.64	4.47	-0.27	-0.33	104.9	4.63	-0	-0.0	.5	-0.3	0.2	6	.500	.500	$403,000

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
2009	25	CHC	NL	11	46	44	1	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	.227	.244	.250	.494	.270	11	1	0	1	0	0	0
2010	26	CHC	NL	41	187	161	27	45	6	0	3	0	1	20	14	.280	.366	.373	.738	.288	60	4	3	1	2	1	5
2011	27	CHC	NL	8	52	44	5	11	5	0	1	0	1	6	6	.250	.365	.432	.797	.270	19	2	2	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				60	285	249	33	66	12	0	4	1	2	27	27	.265	.346	.361	.708	.282	90	7	5	2	2	2	5
162 Game Avg.				68	323	282	37	75	14	0	5	1	2	31	31	.265	.346	.361	.708	.282	102	8	6	2	2	2	6
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.407	.733	.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
2009	25	CHC	NL	4.8	0.5	49	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.15	0.4	-0.2	5.8	0.6	0.15	5.0	0	0	11
2010	26	CHC	NL	-4.7	-0.5	189	-0.0	1.4	-1.4	.41	-0.4	0.3	-10.3	-1.0	0.41	-4.7	9	3	25
2011	27	CHC	NL	0.6	0.1	53	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.29	-0.0	-0.2	0.6	0.1	0.29	-0.3	1	0	7
3 Yrs				0.7	0.1	291	-0.1	1.7	-1.8	.35	0.0	-0.2	-3.8	-0.4	0.35	-0.1	10	3	43

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	25	CHC	NL	11	11	6	0	0	0	7	3	43%	8	.153	0	0	11	1	0	10	4	7	3	4	3	2	3.3	12
2010	26	CHC	NL	41	41	12	1	5	5	26	12	46%	7	.411	9	3	25	12	2	27	15	26	7	14	9	8	2.9	16
2011	27	CHC	NL	8	8	0	0	0	0	8	2	25%	5	.294	1	0	7	1	1	6	5	3	5	1	5	1	4.5	23
3 Yrs				60	60	18	1	5	5	41	17	41%		.348	10	3	43	14	3	43	24	36	15	19	17	11	3.2	16

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%
2009	25	CHC	NL	46	57%	0.0%	15.2%	2.2%	2.2%	10%	1.18	1.64	80%	24%	0.0%	12%	6	1	17%
2010	26	CHC	NL	187	65%	1.6%	7.5%	10.7%	4.8%	20%	1.16	1.39	78%	17%	4.8%	10%	47	4	9%
2011	27	CHC	NL	52	62%	1.9%	11.5%	11.5%	11.5%	55%	1.11	2.22	71%	24%	7.1%	22%	8	2	25%
3 Yrs				285	63%	1.4%	9.5%	9.5%	5.6%	24%	1.15	1.55	77%	19%	4.4%	13%	61	7	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			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
2009	25	CHC	NL	46	131	2.85	95	73%	16%	15%	29%	40%	84%	0%	61%	83%	80%	2%	1	1	28%	13	5	0	14%	1	0	0	0	0
2010	26	CHC	NL	187	654	3.50	389	59%	25%	9%	27%	39%	75%	1%	44%	88%	55%	4%	8	5	18%	34	17	3	29%	1	2	0	0	0
2011	27	CHC	NL	52	183	3.52	101	55%	27%	7%	29%	38%	73%	5%	40%	91%	50%	15%	8	2	12%	6	1	0	33%	0	5	0	0	0
3 Yrs				285	968	3.40	585	60%	24%	9%	28%	39%	76%	2%	46%	88%	58%	6%	17	8	19%	53	23	3	26%	2	7	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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
2009	25	CHC	NL	46	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	22	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2010	26	CHC	NL	187	45	2	0	3	1	14	3	0	1	2	18	10	1	56%	5	2	1	82	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2011	27	CHC	NL	52	11	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	5	3	1	60%	0	0	0	18	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				285	66	5	0	4	1	17	3	1	1	3	26	14	3	54%	5	2	1	122	1	2	33%	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
2009	25	0		0.75	11	6	12.0	10	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	46	610	0.917	7.5	0.0	0.8	5.3	7.00	610
2010	26	1	.000	4.15	52	18	52.0	55	28	24	3	21	1	21	3	1	2	233	104	1.462	9.5	0.5	3.6	3.6	1.00	104
2011	27	1	.000	4.08	60	18	64.0	66	33	29	4	27	2	27	5	1	2	285	105	1.453	9.3	0.6	3.8	3.8	1.00	105

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
2009	25	1	0	1.000	0.75	12.0	10	1	1	0	1	7	0	0.917	7.5	0.8	5.3	7.00	0.0	11
2010	26	1	3	.250	5.18	40.0	45	26	23	3	20	14	3	1.625	10.1	4.5	3.2	0.70	0.7	41
2011	27	0	1	.000	4.09	11.0	11	6	5	1	6	6	2	1.545	9.0	4.9	4.9	1.00	0.8	8
3 Yrs		2	4	.333	4.14	63.0	66	33	29	4	27	27	5	1.476	9.4		3.9	1.00	0.6	60

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