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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 (Temple City, CA)
School: California State University, Long Beach
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1997	21	CHW-min	A	0	1	.000	4.64	13	0	4	0	0	1	21.1	22	18	11	2	10	0	25	2	0	5	96		1.500	9.3	0.8	4.2	10.5	2.50	HCK · SALL
1998	22	CHW-min	A+,Rk	5	5	.500	4.47	21	18	0	0	0	0	98.2	107	64	49	9	53	0	90	7	1	10	454		1.622	9.8	0.8	4.8	8.2	1.70	WSM,WSX · CARL,ARIZ
2000	24	CHW-min	AA	11	6	.647	3.08	23	23	0	2	2	0	146.1	138	63	50	10	54	0	118	8	0	4	619		1.312	8.5	0.6	3.3	7.3	2.19	BIR · SOUL
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-min	AAA	0	0		1.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	27		0.714	5.1	0.0	1.3	11.6	9.00	CHR · IL
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 Seasons				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)			AL	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)			NL	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2000	24	CHW	AL	22.2	4	25	16	0	.7	-9	-0.7	$
2001	25	CHW	AL	128.2	21	87	87	1	1.0	0	-0.1	$205,000
2002	26	CHW	AL	77.2	7	42	49	1	.9	7	0.4	$250,000
2003	27	MON	NL	71.2	0	43	46	1	2.1	3	-0.4	$320,000
2004	28	MON	NL	78.0	9	69	47	3	1.0	-22	-2.4	$1,950,000
5 Seasons				378.2	41	266	245	6	1.2	-21	-3.2	$2,725,000

CHW (3 yrs)				229.0	32	154	152	2	.9	-2	-0.4	$455,000
MON (2 yrs)				149.2	9	112	93	4	1.5	-19	-2.8	$2,270,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1997	21	CHW-min	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	HCK · SALL
1998	22	CHW-min	A+,Rk	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WSM,WSX · CARL,ARIZ
2000	24	CHW-min	AA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BIR · SOUL
2000	24	CHW	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001	25	CHW	AL	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2002	26	CHW-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHR · IL
2002	26	CHW	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	27	MON	NL	73	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	28	MON	NL	47	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
5 Seasons				198	17	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0

CHW (3 yrs)				78	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
MON (2 yrs)				120	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				78	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				120	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2001	25	CHW	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$205,000	1

2003	27	MON	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$320,000	1
2004	28	MON	NL	14	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$1,950,000	1
3 Seasons				17	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$2,475,000

MON (2 yrs)				15	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$2,270,000
CHW (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$205,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2000	CHW	AL	24	P	4	4	22.2	5	1	3	1	.800	1.59	1.00	.956	1.63	1.60	2	1	33%	1
2001	CHW	AL	25	P	30	21	128.2	22	6	15	1	.955	1.47	0.70	.955	1.75	1.74	15	5	25%	0
2002	CHW	AL	26	P	44	7	77.2	16	8	8	0	1.000	1.85	0.36	.957	1.69	1.67	8	4	33%	1
2003	MON	NL	27	P	73	0	71.2	4	0	4	0	1.000	0.50	0.05	.958	1.85	1.83	2	1	33%	0
2004	MON	NL	28	P	47	9	78.0	11	2	9	0	1.000	1.27	0.23	.965	1.83	1.82	2	7	78%	0
	5 Seasons			P	198	41	378.2	58	17	39	2	.966	1.33	0.28	.958	1.77	1.77	29	18	38%	2
	5 Seasons			TOT	198	41	378.2	58	17	39	2	.966	1.33	0.28	.958	1.77	1.77	29	18	38%	2

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Saves s c a p y 2003 NL 34 (5th)	Games Finished s c a p y 2003 NL 58 (6th)

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2003 NL 34 (5th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Bronson Arroyo (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Byron McLaughlin (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Silva (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 25th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (51st pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1997.
January 15, 2003: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Orlando Hernandez, Jeff Liefer and cash to the Montreal Expos for Jorge Nunez (minors) and Bartolo Colon.
November 10, 2004: Released by the Washington Nationals.

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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
2001	25	Chicago White Sox	$205,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	26	Chicago White Sox	$250,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	27	Montreal Expos	$320,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	28	Montreal Expos	$1,950,000	4/7/04 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,725,000

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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