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Jason Berken

Jason Thomas Berken

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 27, 1983 in Green Bay, WI
High School: West De Pere HS (De Pere, WI)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed July 3, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 2009
Team: Orioles 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.110, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2009 25 BAL AL 6 12 .333 6.54 24 24 0 0 0 0 119.2 164 92 87 19 44 2 66 6 1 0 560 70 1.738 12.3 1.4 3.3 5.0 1.50
2010 26 BAL AL 3 3 .500 3.03 41 0 8 0 0 0 62.1 64 24 21 5 19 3 45 0 0 3 262 137 1.332 9.2 0.7 2.7 6.5 2.37
2011 27 BAL AL 1 2 .333 5.36 40 0 10 0 0 0 47.0 63 29 28 10 21 2 41 1 0 4 223 78 1.787 12.1 1.9 4.0 7.9 1.95
2012 28 BAL AL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 6 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 31 7.000 54.0 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
4 Yrs 10 17 .370 5.40 106 24 19 0 0 0 230.0 297 152 138 36 85 7 152 7 1 7 1055 81 1.661 11.6 1.4 3.3 5.9 1.79
162 Game Avg. 5 9 .370 5.40 55 13 10 0 0 0 120 155 80 72 19 44 4 80 4 1 4 552 81 1.661 11.6 1.4 3.3 5.9 1.79

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
2009 25 BAL AL 119.2 24 24 92 6.92 4.96 -0.14 0.19 103.0 5.45 -20 -1.9 -0.1 -0.9 -5 .421 .488 $
2010 26 BAL AL 62.1 41 0 24 3.47 4.58 -0.16 -0.35 101.3 4.45 6 0.7 1.4 -0.0 1.3 14 .516 .504 $400,000
2011 27 BAL AL 47.0 40 0 29 5.55 4.72 -0.13 -0.36 103.2 4.63 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.1 -0.2 1 .487 .497 $426,500
2012 28 BAL AL 1.0 1 0 7 63.00 4.82 0.00 -0.36 102.0 4.54 -6 -0.4 .1 0.2 -0.2 -6 .120 .498 $
4 Seasons 230.0 106 24 152 5.95 4.81 -0.14 -0.07 102.6 5.01 -25 -2.1 1.2 -0.0 -0.0 3 .480 .497 $826,500

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
2009 25 BAL AL 24 560 502 92 164 35 3 19 12 3 44 66 .327 .384 .522 .906 .344 262 13 6 3 5 2 7
2010 26 BAL AL 41 262 237 24 64 13 2 5 2 2 19 45 .270 .323 .405 .728 .314 96 7 0 4 1 3 2
2011 27 BAL AL 40 223 198 29 63 12 3 10 1 0 21 41 .318 .383 .561 .943 .356 111 4 1 1 2 2 2
2012 28 BAL AL 1 10 9 7 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 .667 .700 1.556 2.256 .571 14 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs 106 1055 946 152 297 62 8 36 15 5 85 152 .314 .372 .511 .882 .341 483 25 7 8 8 7 12
162 Game Avg. 55 552 495 80 155 32 4 19 8 3 44 80 .314 .372 .511 .882 .341 253 13 4 4 4 4 6
MLB Averages .258 .326 .406 .732 .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 BAL AL -24.9 -2.3 575 -2.4 9.4 -11.8 1.03 -2.3 -0.0 -25.7 -2.3 1.03 -26.3 0 0 0
2010 26 BAL AL 7.4 0.8 271 -0.6 4.2 -4.7 .90 0.2 -0.8 7.2 0.7 0.90 4.1 19 8 13
2011 27 BAL AL -5.5 -0.6 230 -1.5 2.5 -4.0 .77 -1.4 -0.5 -14.9 -1.5 0.77 -17.0 9 8 22
2012 28 BAL AL -3.6 -0.3 10 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 -0.4 -0.6 -6.5 -0.5 0.01 -5.7 0 0 1
4 Yrs -26.6 -2.4 1086 -4.4 16.1 -20.5 .93 -3.9 -0.9 -39.9 -3.6 0.93 -44.8 28 16 36

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
2009 25 BAL AL 24 24 6 12 6 5 1 7 17 .292 2 3 0 0 3 13% 39.3 65 7 19 7 0 13 5.1 3.8 5.0 85 6 15 3 0 107
1 Yr 24 24 6 12 6 5 1 7 17 .292 2 3 0 0 3 13% 39 65 7 19 7 0 13 5.1 3.8 5.0 85 6 15 3 0 107
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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
2010 26 BAL AL 41 41 8 3 3 4 0 4 0% 11 7 36 13 36% 7 .896 19 8 13 12 8 21 22 19 23 8 26 8 4.6 24
2011 27 BAL AL 40 40 10 1 2 3 0 3 0% 7 4 28 15 54% 7 .769 9 8 22 13 3 24 14 26 16 11 18 7 3.5 21
2012 28 BAL AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .015 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 36
3 Yrs 82 82 19 4 5 7 0 7 0% 18 11 64 28 44% .821 28 16 36 25 11 46 36 46 39 19 44 15 4.0 23

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 BAL AL 560 48% 3.4% 11.8% 7.9% 10.2% 35% 0.68 0.92 75% 23% 7.9% 8% 121 13 11%
2010 26 BAL AL 262 64% 1.9% 17.2% 7.3% 7.6% 31% 0.93 1.11 72% 13% 5.6% 10% 47 7 15%
2011 27 BAL AL 223 55% 4.5% 18.4% 9.4% 11.2% 40% 0.73 0.89 67% 17% 12.2% 11% 43 4 9%
2012 28 BAL AL 10 80% 20.0% 0.0% 10.0% 40.0% 67% 0.50 2.00 70% 33% 33.3% 0% 4 1 25%
4 Yrs 1055 54% 3.4% 14.4% 8.1% 10.1% 36% 0.74 0.96 73% 20% 8.6% 9% 215 25 12%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 0.80 1.08 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 BAL AL 561 2042 3.64 1253 61% 27% 12% 25% 35% 73% 1% 45% 83% 56% 4% 21 11 19% 104 48 9 21% 10 8 -1 0 0
2010 26 BAL AL 263 967 3.68 617 64% 27% 16% 26% 32% 73% 3% 47% 79% 58% 6% 17 10 24% 62 35 2 16% 10 4 -1 0 0
2011 27 BAL AL 223 854 3.83 532 62% 25% 17% 28% 30% 75% 2% 47% 78% 62% 5% 11 4 23% 51 21 3 17% 7 5 0 0 0
2012 28 BAL AL 10 36 3.60 23 64% 17% 9% 35% 39% 83% 0% 53% 89% 60% 10% 1 0 30% 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1057 3899 3.69 2425 62% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 1% 46% 81% 58% 5% 50 25 21% 220 106 15 18% 27 18 -2 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 BAL AL 560 164 19 1 19 0 17 11 8 9 10 35 19 11 54% 7 0 0 224 12 3 80% 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2010 26 BAL AL 262 64 14 0 5 0 8 5 0 3 2 13 4 1 31% 2 3 0 110 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2011 27 BAL AL 223 63 6 0 10 0 7 5 5 7 3 15 7 5 47% 2 4 0 93 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2012 28 BAL AL 10 6 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1055 297 39 1 36 0 33 22 14 21 15 65 32 17 49% 12 7 0 432 15 5 75% 13 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
MLB Averages 52% 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+
2009 25 6 12 .333 6.54 24 24 0 0 0 0 119.2 164 92 87 19 44 2 66 6 1 0 560 70 1.738 12.3 1.4 3.3 5.0 1.50 70
2010 26 9 15 .375 5.34 65 24 8 0 0 0 182.0 228 116 108 24 63 5 111 6 1 3 822 83 1.599 11.3 1.2 3.1 5.5 1.76 83
2011 27 10 17 .370 5.34 105 24 18 0 0 0 229.0 291 145 136 34 84 7 152 7 1 7 1045 82 1.638 11.4 1.3 3.3 6.0 1.81 82
2012 28 10 17 .370 5.40 106 24 19 0 0 0 230.0 297 152 138 36 85 7 152 7 1 7 1055 81 1.661 11.6 1.4 3.3 5.9 1.79 81

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
2009 25 4 9 .308 6.38 117.0 160 92 83 19 43 65 6 1.735 12.3 3.3 5.0 1.51 1.5 24
2010 26 4 2 .667 3.36 59.0 65 24 22 5 19 43 0 1.424 9.9 2.9 6.6 2.26 0.8 41
2011 27 2 3 .400 5.67 46.0 64 32 29 10 21 40 1 1.848 12.5 4.1 7.8 1.90 2.0 40
2012 28 0 0 18.00 1.0 6 2 2 2 1 0 0 7.000 54.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 18.0 1
4 Yrs 10 14 .417 5.49 223.0 295 150 136 36 84 148 7 1.700 11.9 6.0 1.76 1.5 106

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (7th)

                                         

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