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Mitchell Boggs

Mitchell Thomas Boggs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: February 15, 1984 in Dalton, GA
High School: Dalton HS (Dalton, GA)
School: University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 2008 (Age 24)
Team: Cardinals 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.48M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.125, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: CSE [*]
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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
2008 24 STL NL 3 2 .600 7.41 8 6 1 0 0 0 34.0 42 29 28 5 22 0 13 2 0 2 164 57 1.882 11.1 1.3 5.8 3.4 0.59
2009 25 STL NL 2 3 .400 4.19 16 9 2 0 0 0 58.0 71 28 27 3 33 0 46 4 1 4 268 98 1.793 11.0 0.5 5.1 7.1 1.39
2010 26 STL NL 2 3 .400 3.61 61 0 22 0 0 0 67.1 60 29 27 5 27 2 52 4 0 5 285 108 1.292 8.0 0.7 3.6 7.0 1.93
2011 27 STL NL 2 3 .400 3.56 51 0 20 0 0 4 60.2 62 27 24 4 21 2 48 2 0 5 260 105 1.368 9.2 0.6 3.1 7.1 2.29
2012 28 STL NL 4 1 .800 2.21 78 0 12 0 0 0 73.1 56 20 18 5 21 3 58 4 0 0 296 174 1.050 6.9 0.6 2.6 7.1 2.76
2013 29 STL NL 0 2 .000 12.66 14 0 7 0 0 2 10.2 17 16 15 1 12 3 10 2 0 1 64 30 2.719 14.3 0.8 10.1 8.4 0.83
6 Yrs 13 14 .481 4.12 228 15 64 0 0 6 304.0 308 149 139 23 136 10 227 18 1 17 1337 95 1.461 9.1 0.7 4.0 6.7 1.67
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .481 4.12 64 4 18 0 0 2 85 86 42 39 6 38 3 64 5 0 5 374 95 1.461 9.1 0.7 4.0 6.7 1.67

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
2008 24 STL NL 34.0 8 6 29 7.68 4.69 0.43 0.14 100.9 4.44 -12 -1.1 .0 0.0 -0.8 -9 .365 .493
2009 25 STL NL 58.0 16 9 28 4.34 4.34 0.15 0.09 95.8 4.10 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.1 0.3 3 .489 .499 $400,000
2010 26 STL NL 67.1 61 0 29 3.88 4.41 0.19 -0.33 97.4 3.79 -1 -0.1 .8 -0.2 0.3 5 .498 .499 $402,000
2011 27 STL NL 60.2 51 0 27 4.01 4.17 -0.19 -0.31 95.1 3.86 -1 -0.2 .7 -0.1 0.2 4 .497 .499 $431,000
2012 28 STL NL 73.1 78 0 20 2.45 4.23 -0.01 -0.32 98.0 3.85 11 1.2 1.3 0.1 1.9 17 .515 .507 $506,000
2013 29 STL NL 10.2 14 0 16 13.50 4.86 -0.43 -0.36 96.8 4.77 -10 -1.1 1.1 -0.1 -1.1 -9 .423 .493 $1,475,000
6 Seasons 304.0 228 15 149 4.41 4.35 0.06 -0.19 97.2 3.98 -16 -1.4 1.0 -0.4 0.9 11 .494 .499 $3,214,000

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
2009 25 STL NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 0.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
2011 27 STL NL NLDS W PHI 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
2011 27 STL NL NLCS W MIL 0 0 6.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
2011 27 STL NL WS W TEX 0 0 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0.750 6.8 3.4 0.0 13.5
2012 28 STL NL NLWC W ATL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
2012 28 STL NL NLDS W WSN 0 1 .000 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 16 1.091 7.4 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
2012 28 STL NL NLCS L SFG 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 15 1.800 10.8 2.7 5.4 8.1 1.50
3 Yrs (7 Series) 0 1 .000 3.86 17 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 18 9 7 3 8 0 11 0 0 0 74 1.592 9.9 1.7 4.4 6.1 1.38
1 NLWC 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
3 NLDS 0 1 .000 2.70 7 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 4 2 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 32 1.650 9.5 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
2 NLCS 0 0 5.68 7 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 8 4 4 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 28 1.737 11.4 2.8 4.3 4.3 1.00
1 WS 0 0 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0.750 6.8 3.4 0.0 13.5

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
2008 24 STL NL 8 164 138 29 42 10 2 5 2 0 22 13 .304 .405 .514 .919 .306 71 4 2 1 1 0 1
2009 25 STL NL 16 268 228 28 71 13 5 3 3 2 33 46 .311 .404 .452 .856 .376 103 7 4 1 2 0 1
2010 26 STL NL 61 285 247 29 60 15 1 5 2 2 27 52 .243 .324 .372 .696 .285 92 10 4 4 3 2 4
2011 27 STL NL 51 260 233 27 62 11 2 4 2 2 21 48 .266 .329 .382 .711 .317 89 7 2 2 2 2 3
2012 28 STL NL 78 296 265 20 56 6 0 5 6 0 21 58 .211 .279 .291 .570 .252 77 9 4 6 0 3 7
2013 29 STL NL 14 64 47 16 17 2 0 1 1 0 12 10 .362 .500 .468 .968 .432 22 2 2 2 1 3 2
6 Yrs 228 1337 1158 149 308 57 10 23 16 6 136 227 .266 .350 .392 .742 .311 454 39 18 16 9 10 18
162 Game Avg. 64 374 324 42 86 16 3 6 4 2 38 64 .266 .350 .392 .742 .311 127 11 5 4 3 3 5
MLB Averages .258 .326 .408 .734 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 24 STL NL -11.5 -1.0 169 -0.3 2.0 -2.3 .79 -0.9 0.5 -10.6 -1.0 0.79 -9.0 0 0 2
2009 25 STL NL -0.1 -0.0 278 -0.3 5.2 -5.5 1.14 -0.6 0.4 -1.9 -0.2 1.14 -6.8 2 1 4
2010 26 STL NL 2.4 0.2 294 -0.2 3.8 -3.9 .76 -0.0 -0.2 3.2 0.3 0.76 2.1 14 10 36
2011 27 STL NL 0.8 0.1 273 -0.9 3.0 -3.9 .73 -0.1 -1.1 2.1 0.2 0.73 -0.6 10 5 36
2012 28 STL NL 13.6 1.4 303 2.2 7.4 -5.2 1.36 1.0 0.6 13.7 1.4 1.36 12.6 31 24 19
2013 29 STL NL -10.6 -1.0 67 -1.7 0.7 -2.5 1.51 -0.7 -0.5 -11.4 -1.1 1.51 -7.2 4 3 7
6 Yrs -5.3 -0.4 1384 -1.2 22.1 -23.3 1.00 -1.3 0.1 -5.0 -0.3 1.00 -8.9 61 43 104

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
2008 24 STL NL 8 6 3 2 1 2 0 4 2 .667 0 0 0 0 1 17% 36.2 62 6 6 3 1 3 5.1 6.5 5.2 89 1 4 1 0 108
2009 25 STL NL 16 9 2 2 5 1 0 7 2 .778 0 2 0 0 2 22% 45.7 64 24 14 3 0 8 5.5 4.5 5.4 94 0 6 3 0 106
2 Yrs 24 15 5 4 6 3 0 11 4 .733 0 2 0 0 3 20% 42 64 6 20 6 1 11 5.4 5.3 5.3 92 1 10 4 0 108
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 101 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 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
2008 24 STL NL 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .791 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 22
2009 25 STL NL 16 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 8 1.138 2 1 4 1 1 5 1 6 4 1 4 0 4.1 26
2010 26 STL NL 61 61 22 2 3 0 0 0 7 6 33 10 30% 7 .763 14 10 36 23 8 30 19 42 21 18 26 11 3.3 18
2011 27 STL NL 51 51 20 2 3 8 4 4 50% 9 1 17 3 18% 7 .732 10 5 36 15 5 31 9 42 17 9 19 7 3.6 19
2012 28 STL NL 78 78 12 4 1 3 0 3 0% 37 34 35 6 17% 8 1.359 31 24 19 53 12 13 21 57 10 22 12 24 2.8 14
2013 29 STL NL 14 14 7 0 2 4 2 2 50% 5 0 2 1 50% 9 1.506 4 3 7 10 2 2 1 13 1 6 1 6 2.3 18
6 Yrs 228 213 64 8 10 15 6 9 40% 59 42 89 22 25% 1.003 61 43 104 102 28 83 51 162 54 56 63 48 3.2 17

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%
2008 24 STL NL 164 43% 3.1% 7.9% 13.4% 10.4% 41% 1.10 1.57 74% 19% 9.1% 7% 42 4 10%
2009 25 STL NL 268 55% 1.1% 17.2% 12.3% 7.8% 30% 1.23 1.54 68% 16% 4.3% 14% 56 7 13%
2010 26 STL NL 285 66% 1.8% 18.3% 9.5% 7.4% 35% 1.16 1.48 68% 15% 6.2% 11% 59 10 17%
2011 27 STL NL 260 65% 1.5% 18.5% 8.1% 6.5% 27% 1.07 1.33 70% 19% 5.3% 16% 55 7 13%
2012 28 STL NL 296 58% 1.7% 19.6% 7.1% 3.7% 20% 1.14 1.49 68% 17% 5.9% 11% 61 9 15%
2013 29 STL NL 64 48% 1.6% 15.6% 18.8% 4.7% 18% 0.90 1.44 58% 30% 5.9% 15% 22 2 9%
6 Yrs 1337 58% 1.7% 17.0% 10.2% 6.7% 29% 1.13 1.47 69% 18% 6.0% 12% 295 39 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 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 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 24 STL NL 164 577 3.52 325 56% 28% 9% 24% 39% 72% 0% 40% 88% 49% 9% 14 7 9% 14 8 2 31% 2 7 0 0 0
2009 25 STL NL 269 1027 3.82 596 58% 29% 17% 23% 31% 71% 0% 41% 76% 55% 7% 19 13 15% 40 19 0 15% 10 6 -1 0 0
2010 26 STL NL 287 1087 3.79 656 60% 24% 16% 29% 31% 76% 2% 46% 78% 59% 4% 12 6 23% 65 25 3 15% 10 4 -2 0 0
2011 27 STL NL 261 971 3.72 593 61% 24% 16% 28% 32% 76% 2% 46% 79% 52% 7% 17 7 18% 46 29 3 17% 7 8 -1 0 0
2012 28 STL NL 296 1074 3.63 676 63% 27% 15% 26% 32% 73% 2% 46% 79% 64% 5% 16 8 20% 60 30 3 26% 12 5 0 0 0
2013 29 STL NL 64 247 3.86 147 60% 25% 18% 30% 27% 75% 7% 45% 76% 70% 11% 7 3 23% 15 10 4 10% 3 1 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1341 4983 3.72 2993 60% 26% 15% 26% 32% 74% 2% 44% 79% 57% 6% 85 44 18% 240 121 15 19% 44 31 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 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
2008 24 STL NL 164 42 6 0 5 0 6 0 5 1 4 6 4 0 67% 1 2 1 75 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 25 STL NL 268 71 9 0 3 0 7 2 1 2 1 20 11 1 55% 1 4 0 107 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
2010 26 STL NL 285 60 6 0 5 0 10 3 2 1 4 18 9 2 50% 4 5 1 109 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2011 27 STL NL 260 62 12 1 4 0 8 2 2 2 2 14 9 3 64% 3 5 1 100 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
2012 28 STL NL 296 56 11 1 5 1 8 3 2 3 2 11 3 4 27% 7 0 1 113 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2013 29 STL NL 64 17 3 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 9 6 1 67% 2 1 0 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 1337 308 47 2 23 1 44 11 12 9 14 78 42 11 54% 18 17 4 532 16 6 73% 15 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 44 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+
2008 24 3 2 .600 7.41 8 6 1 0 0 0 34.0 42 29 28 5 22 0 13 2 0 2 164 57 1.882 11.1 1.3 5.8 3.4 0.59 57
2009 25 5 5 .500 5.38 24 15 3 0 0 0 92.0 113 57 55 8 55 0 59 6 1 6 432 77 1.826 11.1 0.8 5.4 5.8 1.07 77
2010 26 7 8 .467 4.63 85 15 25 0 0 0 159.1 173 86 82 13 82 2 111 10 1 11 717 87 1.600 9.8 0.7 4.6 6.3 1.35 87
2011 27 9 11 .450 4.34 136 15 45 0 0 4 220.0 235 113 106 17 103 4 159 12 1 16 977 91 1.536 9.6 0.7 4.2 6.5 1.54 91
2012 28 13 12 .520 3.80 214 15 57 0 0 4 293.1 291 133 124 22 124 7 217 16 1 16 1273 103 1.415 8.9 0.7 3.8 6.7 1.75 103
2013 29 13 14 .481 4.12 228 15 64 0 0 6 304.0 308 149 139 23 136 10 227 18 1 17 1337 95 1.461 9.1 0.7 4.0 6.7 1.67 95

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
2008 24 1 2 .333 7.64 33.0 42 31 28 5 22 12 2 1.939 11.5 6.0 3.3 0.55 1.4 8
2009 25 2 3 .400 4.75 53.0 72 31 28 3 33 42 4 1.981 12.2 5.6 7.1 1.27 0.5 16
2010 26 3 4 .429 4.08 64.0 62 32 29 5 28 49 4 1.406 8.7 3.9 6.9 1.75 0.7 61
2011 27 3 3 .500 4.26 57.0 65 30 27 4 22 45 2 1.526 10.3 3.5 7.1 2.05 0.6 51
2012 28 5 2 .714 2.54 71.0 58 22 20 5 22 56 4 1.127 7.4 2.8 7.1 2.55 0.6 78
2013 29 0 1 .000 15.30 10.0 18 19 17 1 13 10 2 3.100 16.2 11.7 9.0 0.77 0.9 14
6 Yrs 14 15 .483 4.66 288.0 317 165 149 23 140 214 18 1.587 9.9 6.7 1.53 0.7 228

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2012 NL  78 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2639), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1575), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (1272nd), 1.1 career WAR/1.1 7yr-peak WAR/1.1 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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