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Rafael Betancourt

Rafael Jose Betancourt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 29, 1975 in Cumana, Sucre, Venezuela
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 2003
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rockies 2003-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$16.05M (10-13) & 14 mutual option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.079, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Octagon, previously: Bill Rego,Mitch Frankel [*]
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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
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2003 28 CLE AL 2 2 .500 2.13 33 0 13 0 0 1 38.0 27 11 9 5 13 2 36 1 0 1 154 208 1.053 6.4 1.2 3.1 8.5 2.77
2004 29 CLE AL 5 6 .455 3.92 68 0 21 0 0 4 66.2 71 32 29 7 18 6 76 0 1 5 286 112 1.335 9.6 0.9 2.4 10.3 4.22
2005 30 CLE AL 4 3 .571 2.79 54 0 12 0 0 1 67.2 57 23 21 5 17 2 73 0 0 0 272 151 1.094 7.6 0.7 2.3 9.7 4.29
2006 31 CLE AL 3 4 .429 3.81 50 0 17 0 0 3 56.2 52 25 24 7 11 5 48 0 0 0 231 118 1.112 8.3 1.1 1.7 7.6 4.36
2007 32 CLE AL 5 1 .833 1.47 68 0 15 0 0 3 79.1 51 13 13 4 9 3 80 0 0 0 289 307 0.756 5.8 0.5 1.0 9.1 8.89
2008 33 CLE AL 3 4 .429 5.07 69 0 20 0 0 4 71.0 76 41 40 11 25 5 64 0 0 2 309 84 1.423 9.6 1.4 3.2 8.1 2.56
2009 34 TOT MLB 4 3 .571 2.73 61 0 10 0 0 2 56.0 42 20 17 4 20 5 61 0 0 0 227 165 1.107 6.8 0.6 3.2 9.8 3.05
2009 34 CLE AL 1 2 .333 3.52 29 0 7 0 0 1 30.2 25 15 12 3 15 4 32 0 0 0 129 122 1.304 7.3 0.9 4.4 9.4 2.13
2009 34 COL NL 3 1 .750 1.78 32 0 3 0 0 1 25.1 17 5 5 1 5 1 29 0 0 0 98 268 0.868 6.0 0.4 1.8 10.3 5.80
2010 35 COL NL 5 1 .833 3.61 72 0 18 0 0 1 62.1 52 25 25 9 8 2 89 0 0 7 248 129 0.963 7.5 1.3 1.2 12.9 11.13
2011 36 COL NL 2 0 1.000 2.89 68 0 24 0 0 8 62.1 46 21 20 7 8 0 73 0 2 1 237 156 0.866 6.6 1.0 1.2 10.5 9.13
2012 37 COL NL 1 1 .500 2.37 19 0 16 0 0 9 19.0 13 5 5 2 5 2 20 0 1 0 74 194 0.947 6.2 0.9 2.4 9.5 4.00
10 Yrs 34 25 .576 3.16 562 0 166 0 0 36 579.0 487 216 203 61 134 32 620 1 4 16 2327 141 1.073 7.6 0.9 2.1 9.6 4.63
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .576 3.16 68 0 20 0 0 4 70 59 26 25 7 16 4 75 0 0 2 282 141 1.073 7.6 0.9 2.1 9.6 4.63
CLE (7 yrs) 23 22 .511 3.25 371 0 105 0 0 17 410.0 359 160 148 42 108 27 409 1 1 8 1670 135 1.139 7.9 0.9 2.4 9.0 3.79
COL (4 yrs) 11 3 .786 2.93 191 0 61 0 0 19 169.0 128 56 55 19 26 5 211 0 3 8 657 157 0.911 6.8 1.0 1.4 11.2 8.12
AL (7 yrs) 23 22 .511 3.25 371 0 105 0 0 17 410.0 359 160 148 42 108 27 409 1 1 8 1670 135 1.139 7.9 0.9 2.4 9.0 3.79
NL (4 yrs) 11 3 .786 2.93 191 0 61 0 0 19 169.0 128 56 55 19 26 5 211 0 3 8 657 157 0.911 6.8 1.0 1.4 11.2 8.12

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 28 CLE AL 38.0 33 0 11 2.61 4.81 0.14 -0.36 98.2 4.24 7 0.7 1.1 -0.0 1.0 12 .521 .504 $
2004 29 CLE AL 66.2 68 0 32 4.32 5.03 -0.06 -0.37 94.5 4.46 0 0.0 1.6 -0.1 0.5 10 .501 .500 $305,200
2005 30 CLE AL 67.2 54 0 23 3.06 4.60 0.27 -0.35 96.5 3.84 5 0.5 .9 -0.2 1.0 14 .510 .503 $338,600
2006 31 CLE AL 56.2 50 0 25 3.97 5.03 -0.17 -0.37 99.3 4.79 5 0.5 1.3 -0.1 0.9 12 .509 .503 $365,300
2007 32 CLE AL 79.1 68 0 13 1.47 4.88 0.00 -0.36 100.3 4.53 26 2.7 1.8 0.8 4.2 37 .539 .516 $840,000
2008 33 CLE AL 71.0 69 0 41 5.20 4.84 0.15 -0.36 98.0 4.24 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.4 -0.6 1 .487 .495 $2,050,000
2009 34 CLE AL 30.2 29 0 15 4.40 4.78 -0.11 -0.35 96.3 4.38 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.2 4 .499 .500 $3,350,000
2009 34 COL NL 25.1 32 0 5 1.78 4.40 0.04 -0.32 112.4 4.54 8 0.8 1.6 0.2 1.2 10 .526 .505 $
2010 35 COL NL 62.1 72 0 25 3.61 4.43 0.15 -0.33 114.5 4.52 6 0.7 1.5 0.0 1.1 12 .509 .504 $3,775,000
2011 36 COL NL 62.1 68 0 21 3.03 4.18 0.10 -0.31 116.2 4.37 9 1.0 1.3 -0.0 1.5 15 .515 .506 $3,775,000
2012 37 COL NL 19.0 19 0 5 2.37 4.18 -0.76 -0.32 119.7 5.53 6 0.7 1.6 0.2 1.0 8 .538 .504 $
10 Seasons 579.0 562 0 216 3.36 4.70 0.03 -0.35 102.9 4.42 64 6.7 1.4 0.3 12.0 135 .512 .504 $14,799,100
CLE (7 yrs) 410.0 371 0 160 3.51 4.86 0.04 -0.36 97.7 4.35 34 3.5 1.4 -0.1 7.2 89 .509 .503 $7,249,100
COL (4 yrs) 169.0 191 0 56 2.98 4.31 0.01 -0.32 115.4 4.58 29 3.2 1.5 0.4 4.8 45 .517 .505 $7,550,000

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
2007 32 CLE AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
2007 32 CLE AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 6.75 5 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 7 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 32 0.875 6.8 1.1 1.1 6.8 6.00
2009 34 COL NL NLDS L PHI 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.286 7.7 3.9 3.9 11.6 3.00
2 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 5.11 10 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 9 8 7 2 2 1 12 0 0 0 49 0.892 6.6 1.5 1.5 8.8 6.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
1 NLDS 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.286 7.7 3.9 3.9 11.6 3.00
1 ALCS 0 0 6.75 5 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 7 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 32 0.875 6.8 1.1 1.1 6.8 6.00

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 28 CLE AL 33 154 138 11 27 5 2 5 3 0 13 36 .196 .268 .370 .638 .224 51 1 1 1 1 2 1
2004 29 CLE AL 68 286 265 32 71 12 3 7 7 2 18 76 .268 .312 .415 .727 .348 110 1 0 1 2 6 2
2005 30 CLE AL 54 272 254 23 57 14 0 5 3 4 17 73 .224 .273 .339 .612 .295 86 2 0 1 0 2 3
2006 31 CLE AL 50 231 216 25 52 11 0 7 8 2 11 48 .241 .275 .389 .664 .276 84 2 0 2 2 5 3
2007 32 CLE AL 68 289 278 13 51 12 1 4 4 4 9 80 .183 .208 .277 .485 .240 77 3 0 0 2 3 0
2008 33 CLE AL 69 309 275 41 76 15 1 11 10 1 25 64 .276 .331 .458 .789 .317 126 3 0 4 5 5 1
2009 34 CLE AL 29 129 111 15 25 5 1 3 4 1 15 32 .225 .313 .369 .682 .282 41 3 0 1 2 4 1
2009 34 COL NL 32 98 90 5 17 3 1 1 4 0 5 29 .189 .227 .278 .505 .258 25 2 0 1 2 1 2
2009 34 TOT MLB 61 227 201 20 42 8 2 4 8 1 20 61 .209 .276 .328 .604 .271 66 5 0 2 4 5 3
2010 35 COL NL 72 248 236 25 52 9 1 9 8 2 8 89 .220 .245 .381 .626 .309 90 0 0 3 1 2 0
2011 36 COL NL 68 237 227 21 46 6 1 7 5 0 8 73 .203 .228 .330 .558 .262 75 3 0 0 2 0 1
2012 37 COL NL 19 74 69 5 13 4 0 2 3 0 5 20 .188 .243 .333 .577 .234 23 1 0 0 0 2 0
10 Yrs 562 2327 2159 216 487 96 11 61 59 16 134 620 .226 .269 .365 .634 .285 788 21 1 14 19 32 14
162 Game Avg. 68 282 261 26 59 12 1 7 7 2 16 75 .226 .269 .365 .634 .285 95 3 0 2 2 4 2
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 28 CLE AL 9.4 0.9 158 1.0 3.2 -2.3 1.05 0.8 0.2 6.8 0.7 1.05 8.1 12 9 12
2004 29 CLE AL 3.4 0.3 299 0.1 7.6 -7.4 1.52 0.4 -0.3 0.9 0.1 1.52 4.1 36 12 20
2005 30 CLE AL 11.0 1.1 282 0.1 4.1 -3.9 .80 0.9 -0.8 10.0 1.0 0.80 13.8 15 13 25
2006 31 CLE AL 4.9 0.5 241 1.0 5.5 -4.5 1.35 1.1 -0.3 8.7 0.8 1.34 11.8 18 10 22
2007 32 CLE AL 27.4 2.7 296 5.4 9.7 -4.4 1.58 3.0 0.5 33.7 3.3 1.58 34.0 45 15 8
2008 33 CLE AL -5.2 -0.5 319 -0.5 7.0 -7.5 1.35 -0.6 0.3 -5.3 -0.5 1.35 -5.5 26 18 22
2009 34 TOT MLB 9.4 0.9 235 1.0 6.1 -5.1 1.49 0.9 -0.2 9.7 1.0 1.49 12.0 30 13 17
2009 34 CLE AL 1.8 0.2 133 0.4 3.1 -2.7 1.40 0.2 0.1 5.0 0.5 1.40 4.6 12 6 10
2009 34 COL NL 7.7 0.8 102 0.6 3.1 -2.5 1.61 0.7 -0.3 4.7 0.4 1.61 7.5 18 7 7
2010 35 COL NL 7.2 0.7 261 2.5 7.0 -4.6 1.41 0.9 0.9 6.2 0.6 1.41 9.3 36 12 24
2011 36 COL NL 9.8 1.0 249 1.8 5.6 -3.8 1.17 1.5 0.1 10.1 1.0 1.17 14.0 27 16 25
2012 37 COL NL 4.2 0.4 78 0.8 2.9 -2.1 2.09 0.5 -0.2 4.5 0.4 2.09 5.0 11 3 5
10 Yrs 81.7 8.1 2418 13.1 58.7 -45.6 1.34 9.2 0.6 85.4 8.4 1.34 106.5 256 121 180

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 28 CLE AL 33 33 13 2 2 4 1 3 25% 8 4 23 10 43% 8 1.055 12 9 12 11 6 16 11 22 12 9 13 11 3.5 18
2004 29 CLE AL 68 68 21 5 6 11 4 7 36% 23 12 22 9 41% 8 1.518 36 12 20 35 19 14 15 53 12 18 13 17 2.9 16
2005 30 CLE AL 54 54 12 4 3 3 1 2 33% 13 10 30 12 40% 7 .799 15 13 25 26 10 18 16 38 22 9 24 10 3.8 19
2006 31 CLE AL 50 50 17 3 4 6 3 3 50% 13 7 27 7 26% 8 1.346 18 10 22 26 9 15 15 35 14 11 18 6 3.4 18
2007 32 CLE AL 68 68 15 5 1 6 3 3 50% 37 31 33 3 9% 8 1.576 45 15 8 44 16 8 24 44 24 12 25 13 3.5 17
2008 33 CLE AL 69 69 20 3 4 8 4 4 50% 20 12 33 12 36% 8 1.347 26 18 22 34 12 23 19 50 16 19 19 18 3.1 18
2009 34 TOT MLB 61 61 10 4 3 6 2 4 33% 26 20 36 11 31% 1.492 30 13 17 38 9 14 22 39 10 20 10 18 2.8 15
2009 34 CLE AL 29 29 7 1 2 3 1 2 33% 11 8 15 2 13% 8 1.402 12 6 10 16 3 10 10 19 8 6 8 7 3.2 19
2009 34 COL NL 32 32 3 3 1 3 1 2 33% 15 12 21 9 43% 8 1.611 18 7 7 22 6 4 12 20 2 14 2 11 2.4 12
2010 35 COL NL 72 72 18 5 1 5 1 4 20% 28 23 37 11 30% 8 1.412 36 12 24 38 13 21 24 48 5 23 5 22 2.6 13
2011 36 COL NL 68 68 24 2 0 12 8 4 67% 35 21 11 2 18% 8 1.173 27 16 25 47 6 15 6 62 1 12 1 20 2.8 14
2012 37 COL NL 19 19 16 1 1 10 9 1 90% 10 0 0 0 9 2.094 11 3 5 13 4 2 0 19 0 0 0 3 3.0 16
10 Yrs 562 562 166 34 25 71 36 35 51% 213 140 252 77 31% 1.340 256 121 180 312 104 146 152 410 116 133 128 138 3.1 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%
2003 28 CLE AL 154 51% 3.3% 23.4% 8.4% 7.8% 44% 0.31 0.32 64% 17% 7.8% 18% 29 1 3%
2004 29 CLE AL 286 48% 2.5% 26.6% 6.3% 7.7% 31% 0.62 0.66 64% 17% 7.4% 19% 41 1 2%
2005 30 CLE AL 272 64% 1.8% 26.8% 6.3% 7.0% 33% 0.53 0.64 65% 20% 4.8% 12% 47 2 4%
2006 31 CLE AL 231 58% 3.0% 20.8% 4.8% 7.8% 35% 0.32 0.34 71% 23% 6.3% 12% 43 2 5%
2007 32 CLE AL 289 61% 1.4% 27.7% 3.1% 5.9% 33% 0.40 0.40 68% 19% 3.6% 21% 43 3 7%
2008 33 CLE AL 309 55% 3.6% 20.7% 8.1% 8.7% 36% 0.42 0.53 66% 21% 8.3% 12% 72 3 4%
2009 34 TOT MLB 227 56% 1.8% 26.9% 8.8% 6.2% 33% 0.45 0.54 62% 20% 4.7% 14% 50 5 10%
2009 34 CLE AL 129 55% 2.3% 24.8% 11.6% 7.0% 36% 0.50 0.55 60% 16% 6.3% 11% 33 3 9%
2009 34 COL NL 98 57% 1.0% 29.6% 5.1% 5.1% 29% 0.40 0.52 63% 25% 2.7% 18% 17 2 12%
2010 35 COL NL 248 62% 3.6% 35.9% 3.2% 7.7% 37% 0.36 0.49 56% 24% 9.9% 16% 33 0 0%
2011 36 COL NL 237 54% 3.0% 30.8% 3.4% 5.9% 30% 0.45 0.44 63% 17% 7.8% 16% 29 3 10%
2012 37 COL NL 74 51% 2.7% 27.0% 6.8% 8.1% 46% 0.50 0.54 64% 16% 6.9% 9% 9 1 11%
10 Yrs 2327 57% 2.6% 26.6% 5.8% 7.2% 35% 0.43 0.48 64% 20% 6.7% 15% 396 21 5%
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 28 CLE AL 154 589 3.82 392 67% 26% 17% 30% 27% 74% 4% 49% 76% 66% 4% 6 3 32% 50 30 0 33% 6 1 0 0 0
2004 29 CLE AL 287 1093 3.81 736 67% 27% 19% 27% 26% 73% 6% 49% 74% 68% 4% 12 5 34% 97 57 5 21% 17 2 -1 0 0
2005 30 CLE AL 274 1034 3.77 728 70% 23% 19% 32% 25% 77% 2% 54% 75% 67% 5% 13 9 42% 114 76 6 29% 19 3 -2 0 0
2006 31 CLE AL 232 902 3.89 645 72% 21% 16% 36% 27% 79% 8% 56% 80% 70% 4% 9 3 41% 96 67 8 27% 10 1 -1 0 0
2007 32 CLE AL 291 1161 3.99 848 73% 23% 18% 35% 24% 77% 4% 56% 76% 75% 3% 9 6 48% 141 93 6 26% 20 0 -2 0 0
2008 33 CLE AL 309 1219 3.94 809 66% 22% 21% 29% 27% 78% 5% 52% 72% 66% 4% 13 4 33% 102 63 13 16% 9 4 0 0 0
2009 34 TOT MLB 227 924 4.07 612 66% 20% 22% 34% 24% 80% 6% 53% 73% 65% 5% 12 5 32% 73 41 6 15% 11 2 0 0 0
2009 34 CLE AL 129 526 4.08 348 66% 18% 21% 37% 24% 82% 9% 54% 74% 67% 8% 10 4 36% 46 26 4 6% 4 2 0 0 0
2009 34 COL NL 98 398 4.06 264 66% 22% 23% 31% 24% 78% 3% 52% 71% 61% 2% 2 1 28% 27 15 2 24% 7 0 0 0 0
2010 35 COL NL 248 923 3.72 674 73% 20% 24% 34% 22% 80% 3% 59% 71% 70% 2% 6 4 43% 106 70 4 15% 20 0 0 0 0
2011 36 COL NL 237 963 4.06 685 71% 23% 20% 34% 23% 77% 0% 55% 74% 73% 2% 5 3 39% 92 58 3 19% 14 2 0 0 0
2012 37 COL NL 74 301 4.07 197 65% 25% 21% 28% 25% 75% 8% 49% 71% 50% 5% 4 2 20% 15 11 0 30% 3 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 2333 9109 3.90 6326 69% 23% 20% 32% 25% 77% 4% 54% 74% 68% 4% 89 44 38% 886 566 51 22% 129 15 -6 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 28 CLE AL 154 27 2 0 5 0 5 2 3 2 3 12 3 3 25% 1 1 0 55 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2004 29 CLE AL 286 71 6 2 7 0 1 3 4 5 2 14 6 4 43% 2 5 0 101 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2005 30 CLE AL 272 57 5 0 5 0 12 3 2 2 3 8 5 2 63% 3 0 0 98 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2006 31 CLE AL 231 52 4 1 7 0 8 6 1 2 5 16 9 4 56% 3 0 1 82 8 2 80% 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
2007 32 CLE AL 289 51 1 0 4 0 2 3 1 3 1 8 4 1 50% 0 0 0 99 4 4 50% 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 33 CLE AL 309 76 8 0 11 1 13 7 4 5 6 24 11 4 46% 1 2 0 124 10 1 91% 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2009 34 TOT MLB 227 42 4 0 4 1 13 2 2 0 4 18 10 1 56% 3 0 0 90 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 34 CLE AL 129 25 4 0 3 0 10 1 2 0 3 12 5 1 42% 1 0 0 54 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 34 COL NL 98 17 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 6 5 0 83% 2 0 0 36 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2010 35 COL NL 248 52 5 0 9 0 6 4 5 7 2 11 4 4 36% 0 7 0 85 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2011 36 COL NL 237 46 6 1 7 0 1 5 2 1 6 2 2 0 100% 1 1 0 68 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2012 37 COL NL 74 13 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0% 0 0 0 21 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Yrs 2327 487 42 5 61 2 61 37 24 29 32 115 54 25 47% 14 16 1 823 59 16 79% 51 14 8 2 0 0 2 0 49 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 28 2 2 .500 2.13 33 0 13 0 0 1 38.0 27 11 9 5 13 2 36 1 0 1 154 208 1.053 6.4 1.2 3.1 8.5 2.77 208
2004 29 7 8 .467 3.27 101 0 34 0 0 5 104.2 98 43 38 12 31 8 112 1 1 6 440 135 1.232 8.4 1.0 2.7 9.6 3.61 135
2005 30 11 11 .500 3.08 155 0 46 0 0 6 172.1 155 66 59 17 48 10 185 1 1 6 712 140 1.178 8.1 0.9 2.5 9.7 3.85 140
2006 31 14 15 .483 3.26 205 0 63 0 0 9 229.0 207 91 83 24 59 15 233 1 1 6 943 134 1.162 8.1 0.9 2.3 9.2 3.95 134
2007 32 19 16 .543 2.80 273 0 78 0 0 12 308.1 258 104 96 28 68 18 313 1 1 6 1232 157 1.057 7.5 0.8 2.0 9.1 4.60 157
2008 33 22 20 .524 3.23 342 0 98 0 0 16 379.1 334 145 136 39 93 23 377 1 1 8 1541 136 1.126 7.9 0.9 2.2 8.9 4.05 136
2009 34 26 23 .531 3.16 403 0 108 0 0 18 435.1 376 165 153 43 113 28 438 1 1 8 1768 139 1.123 7.8 0.9 2.3 9.1 3.88 139
2010 35 31 24 .564 3.22 475 0 126 0 0 19 497.2 428 190 178 52 121 30 527 1 1 15 2016 138 1.103 7.7 0.9 2.2 9.5 4.36 138
2011 36 33 24 .579 3.18 543 0 150 0 0 27 560.0 474 211 198 59 129 30 600 1 3 16 2253 139 1.077 7.6 0.9 2.1 9.6 4.65 139
2012 37 34 25 .576 3.16 562 0 166 0 0 36 579.0 487 216 203 61 134 32 620 1 4 16 2327 141 1.073 7.6 0.9 2.1 9.6 4.63 141

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 28 3 1 .750 2.13 38.0 27 10 9 5 13 36 1 1.053 6.4 3.1 8.5 2.77 1.2 33
2004 29 4 3 .571 3.95 66.0 71 32 29 7 18 75 0 1.348 9.7 2.5 10.2 4.17 1.0 68
2005 30 5 2 .714 3.00 66.0 58 24 22 5 17 71 0 1.136 7.9 2.3 9.7 4.18 0.7 54
2006 31 3 3 .500 3.70 56.0 51 26 23 7 11 48 0 1.107 8.2 1.8 7.7 4.36 1.1 50
2007 32 7 1 .875 1.52 77.0 50 14 13 4 9 77 0 0.766 5.8 1.1 9.0 8.56 0.5 68
2008 33 2 5 .286 5.35 69.0 77 46 41 11 25 62 0 1.478 10.0 3.3 8.1 2.48 1.4 69
2009 34 4 2 .667 2.78 55.0 42 19 17 4 20 60 0 1.127 6.9 3.3 9.8 3.00 0.7 61
2010 35 4 3 .571 3.09 64.0 49 24 22 8 8 91 0 0.891 6.9 1.1 12.8 11.38 1.1 72
2011 36 4 2 .667 2.61 62.0 44 20 18 7 8 72 0 0.839 6.4 1.2 10.5 9.00 1.0 68
2012 37 1 1 .500 2.37 19.0 13 6 5 2 5 20 0 0.947 6.2 2.4 9.5 4.00 0.9 19
10 Yrs 37 23 .617 3.13 572.0 482 221 199 60 134 612 1 1.077 7.6 9.6 4.57 0.9 562

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
Active  562 (22nd)
Career  562 (242nd)

Saves s c a p y
2012 NL  9 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2012 NL  16 (10th)
Active  166 (38th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  27 (6th)
Active  81 (34th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2007 AL  2.7 (6th)
Active  8.1 (36th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2007 AL  33.67 (6th)
Active  85.36 (35th)
Career  85.36 (176th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2007 AL  5.4 (2nd)
Active  13.1 (25th)
Career  13.1 (130th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.0 (6th)
Active  9.2 (29th)
Career  9.2 (163rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.3 (6th)
Active  8.4 (37th)
Career  8.4 (195th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2127), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (238), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Chad Bradford (968)
  2. Greg McMichael (959)
  3. Brendan Donnelly (946)
  4. Justin Duchscherer (945)
  5. Jesse Crain (945)
  6. Terry Leach (943)
  7. Chuck Taylor (942)
  8. Scott Linebrink (941)
  9. Luis Ayala (940)
  10. Bill Castro (940)
Similar Pitchers through 36 
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  1. Larry Andersen (950)
  2. Steve Reed (939)
  3. Terry Leach (937)
  4. Dan Osinski (933)
  5. Jim Corsi (929)
  6. Matt Herges (928)
  7. Turk Wendell (927)
  8. Vicente Romo (926)
  9. Dave Veres (925)
  10. Brendan Donnelly (924)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Marcel Lachemann (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Humphreys (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike James (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Peter Moylan (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Matt Herges (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Humphreys (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dan Osinski (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Andersen (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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