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Jerry Blevins

Jerry Richard Blevins (twitter: @JerryBlevins_13)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 6, 1983 in Johnson City, TN
High School: Arcadia HS (Arcadia, OH)
School: University of Dayton (Dayton, OH)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 2007 (Age 24)
Team: Athletics 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.1M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.081, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Excel Sports Management [*]
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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
2007 23 OAK AL 0 1 .000 9.64 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 8 6 5 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 25 47 2.143 15.4 1.9 3.9 5.8 1.50
2008 24 OAK AL 1 3 .250 3.11 36 0 8 0 0 0 37.2 32 14 13 2 13 2 35 3 0 0 156 133 1.195 7.6 0.5 3.1 8.4 2.69
2009 25 OAK AL 0 0 4.84 20 0 5 0 0 0 22.1 19 12 12 2 6 1 23 0 0 0 90 92 1.119 7.7 0.8 2.4 9.3 3.83
2010 26 OAK AL 2 1 .667 3.70 63 0 9 0 0 1 48.2 54 20 20 7 18 1 46 1 0 0 220 112 1.479 10.0 1.3 3.3 8.5 2.56
2011 27 OAK AL 0 0 2.86 26 0 11 0 0 0 28.1 24 14 9 2 14 1 26 1 0 0 122 142 1.341 7.6 0.6 4.4 8.3 1.86
2012 28 OAK AL 5 1 .833 2.48 63 0 17 0 0 1 65.1 45 20 18 7 25 5 54 5 0 2 261 159 1.071 6.2 1.0 3.4 7.4 2.16
2013 29 OAK AL 5 0 1.000 1.99 33 0 7 0 0 0 31.2 24 8 7 2 7 2 26 2 0 1 127 196 0.979 6.8 0.6 2.0 7.4 3.71
7 Yrs 13 6 .684 3.17 247 0 58 0 0 2 238.2 206 94 84 23 85 12 213 12 0 3 1001 129 1.219 7.8 0.9 3.2 8.0 2.51
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .684 3.17 68 0 16 0 0 1 66 57 26 23 6 23 3 59 3 0 1 276 129 1.219 7.8 0.9 3.2 8.0 2.51

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2007 23 OAK AL 4.2 6 0 6 11.57 5.41 0.17 -0.40 97.2 4.71 -4 -0.3 .6 0.1 -0.2 -3 .444 .498
2008 24 OAK AL 37.2 36 0 14 3.35 4.79 0.24 -0.35 96.7 4.05 2 0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.5 7 .506 .501
2009 25 OAK AL 22.1 20 0 12 4.84 4.99 -0.16 -0.37 98.4 4.71 -1 -0.1 .4 -0.0 0.1 2 .497 .500 $405,000
2010 26 OAK AL 48.2 63 0 20 3.70 4.57 0.37 -0.35 100.8 3.88 1 0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.5 6 .501 .500 $405,000
2011 27 OAK AL 28.1 26 0 14 4.45 4.57 -0.09 -0.35 99.0 4.26 -1 -0.1 .6 -0.1 0.2 2 .497 .500 $420,000
2012 28 OAK AL 65.1 63 0 20 2.76 4.55 0.10 -0.34 95.9 3.94 9 0.9 1.0 -0.1 1.5 15 .515 .506 $490,000
2013 29 OAK AL 31.2 33 0 8 2.27 4.53 -0.14 -0.33 96.3 4.17 6 0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.9 10 .520 .504 $1,100,000
7 Seasons 238.2 247 0 94 3.54 4.65 0.10 -0.35 97.7 4.10 13 1.4 1.0 -0.5 3.5 39 .506 .502 $2,820,000

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
2012 28 OAK AL ALDS L DET 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.273 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.273 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2007 23 OAK AL 6 25 23 6 8 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 .348 .400 .565 .965 .368 13 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 24 OAK AL 36 156 139 14 32 8 0 2 2 2 13 35 .230 .308 .331 .639 .291 46 3 3 0 1 2 1
2009 25 OAK AL 20 90 83 12 19 4 1 2 0 0 6 23 .229 .278 .373 .651 .288 31 2 0 0 1 1 0
2010 26 OAK AL 63 220 197 20 54 6 1 7 1 1 18 46 .274 .336 .421 .758 .324 83 0 1 3 1 1 2
2011 27 OAK AL 26 122 102 14 24 3 2 2 1 0 14 26 .235 .325 .363 .688 .286 37 4 1 2 3 1 2
2012 28 OAK AL 63 261 224 20 45 11 0 7 4 3 25 54 .201 .293 .344 .637 .230 77 5 5 5 2 5 4
2013 29 OAK AL 33 127 113 8 24 6 1 2 0 0 7 26 .212 .264 .336 .600 .250 38 2 2 2 3 2 0
7 Yrs 247 1001 881 94 206 40 5 23 8 6 85 213 .234 .306 .369 .675 .279 325 16 12 12 11 12 10
162 Game Avg. 68 276 243 26 57 11 1 6 2 2 23 59 .234 .306 .369 .675 .279 89 4 3 3 3 3 3
MLB Averages .260 .327 .410 .737 .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
2007 23 OAK AL -3.1 -0.3 25 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .64 -0.2 -0.3 -4.2 -0.4 0.64 -2.7 0 1 5
2008 24 OAK AL 4.6 0.5 161 0.5 3.0 -2.5 1.10 0.4 0.0 8.0 0.8 1.10 3.9 13 9 14
2009 25 OAK AL -0.5 -0.1 90 0.1 0.8 -0.7 .44 0.3 -0.2 3.1 0.3 0.44 3.8 0 5 15
2010 26 OAK AL 3.1 0.3 225 -0.3 3.2 -3.5 .88 -0.3 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.88 -2.8 21 9 33
2011 27 OAK AL 1.9 0.2 123 0.4 1.0 -0.6 .44 0.2 0.6 -3.5 -0.4 0.44 1.0 5 3 17
2012 28 OAK AL 11.0 1.1 269 1.9 5.1 -3.3 1.02 0.9 1.0 13.6 1.4 1.02 10.4 17 13 31
2013 29 OAK AL 6.7 0.7 128 0.9 2.5 -1.6 1.16 0.6 0.2 5.7 0.6 1.16 5.7 11 4 18
7 Yrs 23.8 2.4 1021 3.0 15.8 -12.8 .89 1.9 1.5 20.7 2.2 0.89 19.2 67 44 133

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
2007 23 OAK AL 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 .644 0 1 5 1 1 4 2 4 1 3 1 1 2.3 18
2008 24 OAK AL 36 36 8 1 3 1 0 1 0% 6 5 24 5 21% 7 1.095 13 9 14 10 7 19 13 23 9 8 10 12 3.1 17
2009 25 OAK AL 20 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 8 .440 0 5 15 10 0 10 6 14 7 5 8 3 3.4 19
2010 26 OAK AL 63 63 9 2 1 2 1 1 50% 14 11 34 12 35% 7 .877 21 9 33 27 10 26 22 41 8 34 14 13 2.3 13
2011 27 OAK AL 26 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 57% 8 .445 5 3 17 7 3 16 9 17 8 10 9 4 3.3 17
2012 28 OAK AL 63 63 17 5 1 1 1 0 100% 16 14 45 12 27% 7 1.019 17 13 31 28 8 27 26 37 20 22 25 12 3.1 16
2013 29 OAK AL 33 33 7 5 0 2 0 2 0% 4 2 16 7 44% 8 1.164 11 4 18 9 9 15 10 23 5 9 7 8 2.9 15
7 Yrs 247 247 58 13 6 6 2 4 33% 40 32 145 46 32% .887 67 44 133 92 38 117 88 159 58 91 74 53 2.9 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%
2007 23 OAK AL 25 36% 4.0% 12.0% 8.0% 12.0% 38% 0.11 0.10 76% 25% 6.3% 11% 4 0 0%
2008 24 OAK AL 156 40% 1.3% 22.4% 8.3% 6.4% 31% 0.73 0.74 66% 21% 3.7% 10% 35 3 9%
2009 25 OAK AL 90 34% 2.2% 25.6% 6.7% 7.8% 37% 0.46 0.63 66% 15% 5.7% 15% 20 2 10%
2010 26 OAK AL 220 44% 3.2% 20.9% 8.2% 6.4% 26% 0.60 0.74 66% 25% 8.8% 15% 44 0 0%
2011 27 OAK AL 122 41% 1.6% 21.3% 11.5% 5.7% 29% 0.60 0.90 63% 21% 5.6% 25% 25 4 16%
2012 28 OAK AL 261 48% 2.7% 20.7% 9.6% 6.9% 40% 0.61 0.84 63% 17% 7.6% 12% 56 5 9%
2013 29 OAK AL 127 40% 1.6% 20.5% 5.5% 7.1% 38% 0.61 0.84 69% 22% 5.0% 26% 29 2 7%
7 Yrs 1001 43% 2.3% 21.3% 8.5% 6.8% 33% 0.59 0.77 66% 20% 6.5% 16% 213 16 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.3% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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 S/SO L/SO% 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 OAK AL 25 106 4.24 62 58% 21% 13% 34% 32% 79% 0% 46% 84% 48% 8% 2 2 28% 7 3 1 1 2 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 OAK AL 159 627 3.94 391 62% 27% 15% 30% 27% 73% 2% 45% 79% 54% 4% 7 4 21% 34 18 2 13 22 37% 8 2 -3 0 0
2009 25 OAK AL 90 371 4.12 235 63% 28% 15% 31% 26% 72% 3% 46% 79% 66% 4% 4 1 31% 28 11 0 10 13 43% 4 2 0 0 0
2010 26 OAK AL 220 802 3.65 528 66% 32% 15% 24% 29% 68% 1% 45% 78% 58% 5% 11 6 30% 66 37 3 13 33 28% 9 4 0 0 0
2011 27 OAK AL 122 433 3.55 277 64% 32% 15% 24% 29% 68% 2% 43% 78% 59% 5% 6 3 25% 31 24 2 5 21 19% 10 2 0 0 0
2012 28 OAK AL 263 1021 3.88 612 60% 26% 19% 26% 29% 74% 4% 44% 74% 52% 7% 18 7 24% 64 29 3 14 40 26% 11 6 -2 0 0
2013 29 OAK AL 127 487 3.83 305 63% 25% 16% 29% 30% 75% 4% 47% 78% 58% 5% 6 2 22% 28 10 0 4 22 15% 2 2 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1006 3847 3.82 2410 63% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 3% 45% 77% 56% 5% 54 25 26% 258 132 11 60 153 28% 44 18 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 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
2007 23 OAK AL 25 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 OAK AL 156 32 6 0 2 0 9 2 0 1 1 11 5 2 45% 1 0 0 63 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
2009 25 OAK AL 90 19 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2010 26 OAK AL 220 54 5 0 7 0 5 5 2 3 4 7 4 0 57% 2 0 1 90 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
2011 27 OAK AL 122 24 6 1 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 12 7 3 58% 2 0 0 46 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2012 28 OAK AL 261 45 5 1 7 0 7 3 4 6 1 8 4 3 50% 4 2 0 111 4 3 57% 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 8 0
2013 29 OAK AL 127 24 3 2 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 14 5 4 36% 0 1 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 Yrs 1001 206 27 4 23 0 31 13 10 14 9 54 27 12 50% 10 3 1 404 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 4 4 23 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

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+
2007 23 0 1 .000 9.64 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 8 6 5 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 25 47 2.143 15.4 1.9 3.9 5.8 1.50 47
2008 24 1 4 .200 3.83 42 0 9 0 0 0 42.1 40 20 18 3 15 2 38 3 0 0 181 109 1.299 8.5 0.6 3.2 8.1 2.53 109
2009 25 1 4 .200 4.18 62 0 14 0 0 0 64.2 59 32 30 5 21 3 61 3 0 0 271 102 1.237 8.2 0.7 2.9 8.5 2.90 102
2010 26 3 5 .375 3.97 125 0 23 0 0 1 113.1 113 52 50 12 39 4 107 4 0 0 491 106 1.341 9.0 1.0 3.1 8.5 2.74 106
2011 27 3 5 .375 3.75 151 0 34 0 0 1 141.2 137 66 59 14 53 5 133 5 0 0 613 112 1.341 8.7 0.9 3.4 8.4 2.51 112
2012 28 8 6 .571 3.35 214 0 51 0 0 2 207.0 182 86 77 21 78 10 187 10 0 2 874 123 1.256 7.9 0.9 3.4 8.1 2.40 123
2013 29 13 6 .684 3.17 247 0 58 0 0 2 238.2 206 94 84 23 85 12 213 12 0 3 1001 129 1.219 7.8 0.9 3.2 8.0 2.51 129

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
2007 23 0 0 9.00 5.0 8 6 5 1 2 3 0 2.000 14.4 3.6 5.4 1.50 1.8 6
2008 24 2 1 .667 3.50 36.0 33 16 14 2 13 33 3 1.278 8.3 3.3 8.3 2.54 0.5 36
2009 25 1 1 .500 4.91 22.0 19 13 12 2 6 22 0 1.136 7.8 2.5 9.0 3.67 0.8 20
2010 26 2 3 .400 4.13 48.0 56 24 22 7 19 45 1 1.563 10.5 3.6 8.4 2.37 1.3 63
2011 27 2 1 .667 3.33 27.0 25 11 10 2 15 25 1 1.481 8.3 5.0 8.3 1.67 0.7 26
2012 28 4 2 .667 2.95 61.0 47 22 20 7 26 50 5 1.197 6.9 3.8 7.4 1.92 1.0 63
2013 29 2 1 .667 2.32 31.0 25 9 8 2 7 25 2 1.032 7.3 2.0 7.3 3.57 0.6 33
7 Yrs 13 9 .591 3.56 230.0 213 101 91 23 88 203 12 1.309 8.3 7.9 2.31 0.9 247



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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2013 AL  33 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2639), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (738th), 3.5 career WAR/3.5 7yr-peak WAR/3.5 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/28.2 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS

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