News: Baseball-Reference.com WAR Explained - Baseball-Reference.com »post

 

Jerry Blevins

Jerry Richard Blevins

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
Team: Athletics 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$490k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.081, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
    About biographical information

64
13
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

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 0 122 143 1.341 7.6 0.6 4.4 8.3 1.86
2012 28 OAK AL 0 0 1.96 18 0 4 0 0 0 23.0 15 7 5 3 10 2 22 0 0 1 88 206 1.087 5.9 1.2 3.9 8.6 2.20
6 Yrs 3 5 .375 3.50 169 0 38 0 0 1 164.2 152 73 64 17 63 7 155 5 0 1 701 119 1.306 8.3 0.9 3.4 8.5 2.46
162 Game Avg. 1 2 .375 3.50 68 0 15 0 0 0 66 61 29 26 7 25 3 62 2 0 0 282 119 1.306 8.3 0.9 3.4 8.5 2.46

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
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 4.82 0.24 -0.36 95.5 4.03 2 0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.5 7 .506 .501 $
2009 25 OAK AL 22.1 20 0 12 4.84 5.00 -0.16 -0.37 96.8 4.64 -1 -0.1 .4 -0.0 0.1 2 .497 .500 $405,000
2010 26 OAK AL 48.2 63 0 20 3.70 4.58 0.37 -0.35 99.6 3.85 0 0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.4 6 .501 .500 $405,000
2011 27 OAK AL 28.1 26 0 14 4.45 4.58 -0.09 -0.35 97.7 4.22 -1 -0.1 .6 -0.1 0.1 2 .497 .499 $420,000
2012 28 OAK AL 23.0 18 0 7 2.74 4.53 0.09 -0.34 91.8 3.77 3 0.3 .5 -0.1 0.4 5 .516 .502 $
6 Seasons 164.2 169 0 73 3.99 4.71 0.15 -0.35 96.8 4.07 0 0.1 .9 -0.4 1.3 21 .500 .500 $1,230,000

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
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 18 88 75 7 15 6 0 3 1 2 10 22 .200 .287 .400 .687 .231 30 1 0 1 2 2 1
6 Yrs 169 701 619 73 152 29 4 17 5 5 63 155 .246 .317 .388 .704 .297 240 10 5 6 8 7 7
162 Game Avg. 68 282 249 29 61 12 2 7 2 2 25 62 .246 .317 .388 .704 .297 97 4 2 2 3 3 3
MLB Averages .261 .329 .411 .740 .299

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 4.8 0.5 161 0.5 3.0 -2.5 1.10 0.4 0.1 8.2 0.8 1.10 4.0 13 9 14
2009 25 OAK AL -0.4 -0.0 90 0.1 0.8 -0.7 .44 0.3 -0.2 3.2 0.3 0.44 3.9 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 2.0 0.2 123 0.4 1.0 -0.6 .45 0.2 0.6 -3.4 -0.3 0.45 1.0 5 3 17
2012 28 OAK AL 4.7 0.5 92 0.2 0.9 -0.7 .58 0.3 0.0 4.7 0.5 0.58 4.6 2 3 12
6 Yrs 11.0 1.1 716 0.5 9.1 -8.6 .75 0.8 -0.1 6.6 0.7 0.75 7.9 41 30 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
2007 23 OAK AL 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 .643 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 .443 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 .447 5 3 17 7 3 16 9 17 8 10 9 4 3.3 17
2012 28 OAK AL 18 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 5 45% 5 .576 2 3 12 3 1 14 5 13 8 3 8 2 3.8 20
6 Yrs 169 169 38 3 5 3 1 2 33% 22 18 95 32 34% .749 41 30 96 58 22 89 57 112 41 63 50 35 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 88 48% 3.4% 25.0% 11.4% 10.2% 60% 0.69 0.91 59% 20% 10.7% 13% 12 1 8%
6 Yrs 701 42% 2.4% 22.1% 9.0% 7.1% 33% 0.59 0.74 65% 21% 6.8% 15% 140 10 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 0.80 1.07 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
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 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 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 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 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 19% 10 2 0 0 0
2012 28 OAK AL 89 367 4.12 214 58% 27% 19% 28% 26% 73% 5% 43% 74% 48% 8% 7 3 22% 20 11 1 27% 4 2 -1 0 0
6 Yrs 705 2706 3.84 1707 63% 29% 16% 27% 28% 71% 2% 45% 78% 57% 5% 37 19 26% 186 104 9 31% 35 12 -4 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 3 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 88 15 3 1 3 0 4 1 2 3 0 5 3 2 60% 1 1 0 25 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
6 Yrs 701 152 22 2 17 0 23 10 7 10 7 37 21 7 57% 7 1 1 270 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 4 16 0
MLB Averages 53% 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 3 5 .375 3.50 169 0 38 0 0 1 164.2 152 73 64 17 63 7 155 5 0 1 701 119 1.306 8.3 0.9 3.4 8.5 2.46 119

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 1 1 .500 2.14 21.0 15 6 5 3 10 20 0 1.190 6.4 4.3 8.6 2.00 1.3 18
6 Yrs 8 7 .533 3.85 159.0 156 76 68 17 65 148 5 1.390 8.8 8.4 2.28 1.0 169

* 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.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Gene Walter (987)
  2. Mark Lee (987)
  3. Danny Herrera (985)
  4. Paul Siebert (984)
  5. Mike Beard (983)
  6. Dick Niehaus (981)
  7. Mickey Scott (981)
  8. Jesse Carlson (979)
  9. Chad Zerbe (977)
  10. Bob Myrick (975)
Similar Pitchers through 27 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Gene Walter (987)
  2. Vince Horsman (987)
  3. Mike Beard (983)
  4. Pedro Martinez (982)
  5. Dick Niehaus (981)
  6. Gary Wayne (981)
  7. Juan Agosto (981)
  8. Bob Smith (980)
  9. Graeme Lloyd (979)
  10. Mike Jeffcoat (978)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Mike Willis (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gene Walter (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Jerry Blevins    

Viewed 14,521 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Jerry gerry Jerry Richard Blevins

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.