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Rocky Biddle

Lee Francis Biddle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: May 21, 1976 in Las Vegas, NV
High School: Temple City HS (Temple City, CA)
School: California State University Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (51st pick) of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 2000
Teams (by GP): Expos/WhiteSox 2000-2004

Final Game: September 6, 2004
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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
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2000 24 CHW AL 1 2 .333 8.34 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.2 31 25 21 5 8 0 7 0 0 2 105 61 1.721 12.3 2.0 3.2 2.8 0.88
2001 25 CHW AL 7 8 .467 5.39 30 21 1 0 0 0 128.2 137 87 77 16 52 3 85 8 0 6 571 86 1.469 9.6 1.1 3.6 5.9 1.63
2002 26 CHW AL 3 4 .429 4.06 44 7 9 0 0 1 77.2 72 42 35 13 39 4 64 5 0 5 339 112 1.429 8.3 1.5 4.5 7.4 1.64
2003 27 MON NL 5 8 .385 4.65 73 0 58 0 0 34 71.2 71 43 37 10 40 5 54 6 0 8 330 97 1.549 8.9 1.3 5.0 6.8 1.35
2004 28 MON NL 4 8 .333 6.92 47 9 19 0 0 11 78.0 98 69 60 15 31 3 51 8 0 5 364 66 1.654 11.3 1.7 3.6 5.9 1.65
5 Yrs 20 30 .400 5.47 198 41 87 0 0 46 378.2 409 266 230 59 170 15 261 27 0 26 1709 84 1.529 9.7 1.4 4.0 6.2 1.54
162 Game Avg. 6 9 .400 5.47 56 12 25 0 0 13 108 116 76 65 17 48 4 74 8 0 7 486 84 1.529 9.7 1.4 4.0 6.2 1.54
CHW (3 yrs) 11 14 .440 5.23 78 32 10 0 0 1 229.0 240 154 133 34 99 7 156 13 0 13 1015 89 1.480 9.4 1.3 3.9 6.1 1.58
MON (2 yrs) 9 16 .360 5.83 120 9 77 0 0 45 149.2 169 112 97 25 71 8 105 14 0 13 694 78 1.604 10.2 1.5 4.3 6.3 1.48
AL (3 yrs) 11 14 .440 5.23 78 32 10 0 0 1 229.0 240 154 133 34 99 7 156 13 0 13 1015 89 1.480 9.4 1.3 3.9 6.1 1.58
NL (2 yrs) 9 16 .360 5.83 120 9 77 0 0 45 149.2 169 112 97 25 71 8 105 14 0 13 694 78 1.604 10.2 1.5 4.3 6.3 1.48

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
2000 24 CHW AL 22.2 4 4 25 9.93 5.57 0.04 0.22 96.3 5.53 -11 -0.8 -0.0 -0.6 -8 .291 .495 $
2001 25 CHW AL 128.2 30 21 87 6.09 5.04 0.04 0.12 101.6 5.21 -13 -1.3 1.2 -0.1 -0.2 4 .458 .492 $205,000
2002 26 CHW AL 77.2 44 7 42 4.87 4.79 0.07 -0.13 101.3 4.65 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.4 8 .495 .499 $250,000
2003 27 MON NL 71.2 73 0 43 5.40 4.75 -0.04 -0.35 105.4 4.68 -6 -0.6 1.6 -0.3 -0.4 1 .492 .496 $320,000
2004 28 MON NL 78.0 47 9 69 7.96 4.73 0.30 -0.07 105.4 4.60 -30 -2.8 1.3 -0.3 -2.5 -21 .440 .482 $1,950,000
5 Seasons 378.2 198 41 266 6.32 4.90 0.09 -0.05 102.8 4.89 -62 -5.8 1.4 -0.9 -3.3 -17 .471 .493 $2,725,000
CHW (3 yrs) 229.0 78 32 154 6.05 5.01 0.05 0.05 101.0 5.05 -27 -2.3 1.0 -0.2 -0.4 3 .470 .495 $455,000
MON (2 yrs) 149.2 120 9 112 6.73 4.74 0.14 -0.21 105.4 4.63 -36 -3.5 1.5 -0.6 -2.9 -20 .471 .489 $2,270,000

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
2000 24 CHW AL 4 105 95 25 31 6 1 5 2 1 8 7 .326 .371 .568 .940 .306 54 1 0 0 2 0 1
2001 25 CHW AL 30 571 504 87 137 32 1 16 15 5 52 85 .272 .347 .435 .782 .298 219 7 8 4 3 3 5
2002 26 CHW AL 44 339 294 42 72 18 2 13 8 4 39 64 .245 .342 .452 .795 .271 133 8 5 0 1 4 5
2003 27 MON NL 73 330 279 43 71 15 1 10 2 1 40 54 .254 .359 .423 .782 .282 118 5 6 4 1 5 4
2004 28 MON NL 47 364 319 69 98 16 3 15 2 7 31 51 .307 .380 .517 .897 .324 165 2 8 3 3 3 4
5 Yrs 198 1709 1491 266 409 87 8 59 29 18 170 261 .274 .357 .462 .819 .296 689 23 27 11 10 15 19
162 Game Avg. 56 486 424 76 116 25 2 17 8 5 48 74 .274 .357 .462 .819 .296 196 7 8 3 3 4 5
MLB Averages .265 .335 .426 .761 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2000 24 CHW AL -9.0 -0.8 111 -0.7 1.3 -2.0 .76 -0.4 -0.6 -10.6 -0.9 0.76 -6.2 0 0 0
2001 25 CHW AL -11.8 -1.1 595 -2.6 9.4 -11.9 1.01 -0.6 -2.0 -15.8 -1.5 1.01 -8.0 3 2 4
2002 26 CHW AL 2.2 0.2 356 -0.7 5.3 -5.9 .89 -0.2 -0.5 -5.5 -0.5 0.89 -2.1 11 3 22
2003 27 MON NL -2.2 -0.2 343 -0.6 10.8 -11.4 2.12 -0.4 0.2 -8.4 -0.8 2.12 -7.4 38 16 18
2004 28 MON NL -21.2 -2.0 380 -1.9 6.3 -8.2 1.00 -1.8 -0.0 -26.3 -2.4 1.00 -19.1 15 7 16
5 Yrs -42.0 -3.9 1785 -6.4 33.0 -39.4 1.18 -3.5 -1.9 -66.5 -6.1 1.18 -42.7 67 28 60

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
2000 24 CHW AL 4 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0% 31.2 49 21 3 2 0 2 8.3 9.8 5.7 98 0 2 2 0 105
2001 25 CHW AL 30 21 4 7 10 2 2 8 13 .381 2 5 0 0 8 38% 45.0 62 14 17 6 1 10 5.2 5.9 5.4 91 5 9 7 0 116
2002 26 CHW AL 44 7 2 2 3 2 1 5 2 .714 0 1 0 0 1 14% 50.4 59 45 21 6 1 4 5.6 3.8 4.8 72 6 1 0 0 83
2004 28 MON NL 47 9 3 4 2 2 0 5 4 .556 0 1 0 0 1 11% 43.4 65 25 18 8 0 6 3.9 3.3 4.4 74 5 3 1 0 104
4 Yrs 125 41 10 15 16 7 3 19 22 .463 3 7 0 0 10 24% 44 65 14 59 22 2 22 5.3 5.5 5.1 85 16 15 10 0 116
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 100 -9 4.9 4.8 5.9 95

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
2001 25 CHW AL 30 9 1 3 1 3 0 3 0% 4 1 7 3 43% 6 1.006 3 2 4 4 0 5 3 6 5 0 6 0 5.0 29
2002 26 CHW AL 44 37 9 1 2 3 1 2 33% 7 4 30 13 43% 6 .893 11 3 22 12 4 21 19 18 15 14 18 4 3.6 21
2003 27 MON NL 73 73 58 5 8 41 34 7 83% 45 4 22 7 32% 9 2.117 38 16 18 50 7 16 12 61 10 15 11 24 2.9 17
2004 28 MON NL 47 38 19 1 4 15 11 4 73% 16 1 7 4 57% 9 .998 15 7 16 19 4 15 4 34 5 9 5 11 3.0 18
4 Yrs 194 157 87 10 15 62 46 16 74% 72 10 66 27 41% 1.209 67 28 60 85 15 57 38 119 35 38 40 39 3.2 19

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%
2000 24 CHW AL 105 56% 4.8% 6.7% 7.6% 11.4% 39% 0.52 0.69 81% 26% 10.2% 13% 8 1 13%
2001 25 CHW AL 571 47% 2.8% 14.9% 9.1% 8.6% 36% 0.72 1.00 71% 25% 7.7% 9% 122 7 6%
2002 26 CHW AL 339 50% 3.8% 18.9% 11.5% 9.7% 46% 1.08 1.66 64% 23% 14.6% 14% 49 8 16%
2003 27 MON NL 330 57% 3.0% 16.4% 12.1% 7.9% 37% 1.09 1.48 65% 18% 10.1% 7% 78 5 6%
2004 28 MON NL 364 57% 4.1% 14.0% 8.5% 9.3% 35% 0.94 1.13 70% 19% 11.5% 5% 63 2 3%
5 Yrs 1709 52% 3.5% 15.3% 10.0% 9.0% 38% 0.87 1.18 69% 22% 10.2% 9% 320 23 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.9% 16.8% 8.8% 8.1% 34% 0.77 1.07 70% 22% 8.3% 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
2000 24 CHW AL 105 393 3.74 235 60% 30% 7% 24% 38% 70% 0% 42% 90% 57% 9% 9 6 14% 15 11 0 14% 2 3 0 0 0
2001 25 CHW AL 572 2168 3.79 1322 61% 28% 13% 26% 32% 72% 1% 44% 82% 57% 5% 29 20 18% 101 46 7 39% 16 6 -1 0 0
2002 26 CHW AL 339 1281 3.78 772 60% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 2% 43% 78% 56% 6% 21 8 20% 67 41 5 23% 9 9 0 0 0
2003 27 MON NL 331 1226 3.70 730 60% 31% 13% 25% 32% 69% 4% 41% 81% 55% 7% 23 10 19% 62 32 3 30% 13 8 -1 0 0
2004 28 MON NL 366 1355 3.70 850 63% 30% 14% 24% 32% 70% 2% 44% 79% 57% 7% 24 10 20% 74 39 3 29% 9 11 -2 0 0
5 Yrs 1713 6423 3.75 3909 61% 29% 13% 25% 32% 71% 2% 43% 81% 56% 6% 106 54 19% 319 169 18 31% 49 37 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

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
2000 24 CHW AL 105 31 2 0 5 0 3 5 0 3 2 4 2 0 50% 1 2 0 32 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2001 25 CHW AL 571 137 18 5 16 1 10 7 9 9 7 29 19 4 66% 5 6 1 238 15 5 75% 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2002 26 CHW AL 339 72 3 1 13 0 9 4 9 8 5 15 7 4 47% 5 5 1 116 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
2003 27 MON NL 330 71 6 1 10 1 22 7 3 7 3 30 15 6 50% 4 8 1 130 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
2004 28 MON NL 364 98 14 0 15 1 8 9 6 5 10 15 12 1 80% 4 5 0 140 2 7 22% 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 0
5 Yrs 1709 409 43 7 59 3 52 32 27 32 27 93 55 15 59% 19 26 3 656 29 18 62% 29 16 0 0 0 2 3 1 36 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+
2000 24 1 2 .333 8.34 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.2 31 25 21 5 8 0 7 0 0 2 105 61 1.721 12.3 2.0 3.2 2.8 0.88 61
2001 25 8 10 .444 5.83 34 25 1 0 0 0 151.1 168 112 98 21 60 3 92 8 0 8 676 81 1.507 10.0 1.2 3.6 5.5 1.53 81
2002 26 11 14 .440 5.23 78 32 10 0 0 1 229.0 240 154 133 34 99 7 156 13 0 13 1015 89 1.480 9.4 1.3 3.9 6.1 1.58 89
2003 27 16 22 .421 5.09 151 32 68 0 0 35 300.2 311 197 170 44 139 12 210 19 0 21 1345 91 1.497 9.3 1.3 4.2 6.3 1.51 91
2004 28 20 30 .400 5.47 198 41 87 0 0 46 378.2 409 266 230 59 170 15 261 27 0 26 1709 84 1.529 9.7 1.4 4.0 6.2 1.54 84

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
2000 24 0 2 .000 7.04 23.0 29 20 18 5 7 7 0 1.565 11.3 2.7 2.7 1.00 2.0 4
2001 25 5 9 .357 5.10 127.0 133 80 72 16 50 84 8 1.441 9.4 3.5 6.0 1.68 1.1 30
2002 26 4 4 .500 4.08 75.0 71 38 34 13 38 62 5 1.453 8.5 4.6 7.4 1.63 1.6 44
2003 27 4 4 .500 4.19 73.0 68 38 34 10 38 55 6 1.452 8.4 4.7 6.8 1.45 1.2 73
2004 28 2 6 .250 6.23 78.0 93 60 54 14 29 51 8 1.564 10.7 3.3 5.9 1.76 1.6 47
5 Yrs 15 25 .375 5.07 376.0 394 236 212 58 162 259 27 1.479 9.4 6.2 1.60 1.4 198

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
2003 NL  34 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2003 NL  58 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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